Analyze the strategy, tactics, and tools that are available to agencies within the U. S. to perform counterterrorism operation, as well as the strategy, tactics, and tools that are available to U. S. agencies and the military to perform counterterrorism o

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Analyze the strategy, tactics, and tools that are available to agencies within the U. S. to perform counterterrorism operation, as well as the strategy, tactics, and tools that are available to U. S. agencies and the military to perform counterterrorism operations abroad. Note key differences between counterterrorism strategy, tactics, and tools in and outside the U. S. Based on your analysis, explain why it is or is not necessary for the U. S. to maintain a presence abroad to perform counterterrorism operations. The paper must be five (5) pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA (6th edition) style. You must use at least three scholarly resources other than the textbook to support your claims and subclaims. Cite your resource(s) in text and on the reference page. No plagiarism.

Required Text

Falk, O., & Morgenstern, H. (Eds.). (2009). Suicide terror: understanding and confronting the threat. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-08729-9

Required Websites

Byman, D. L. (2003, October. Al-Queda as an adversary: Do we understand our enemy? World Politics, Baltimore, 56(1), 39-163. doi: 629641901

Cooper, H., & Lander, M. (2010, July 31). Targeted killing is new U. S. focus in Afghanistan. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/asia/01afghan.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all

Federal Bureau of Investigation. (n.d.). Intelligence collection disciplines (INTs). Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/intelligence/disciplines

Intelligence.gov. (n.d.). Data gathering. Retrieved from http://www.intelligence.gov/mission/data-gathering.html

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network United States Department of the Treasury. USA PATRIOT Act. Retrieved from http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/patriot/index.html

McNeil, J., Carafano, J., & Zuckerman, J. (2010, April 29). 30 terrorist plots foiled: How the system worked. Retrieved from http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/04/30-Terrorist-Plots-Foiled-How-the-System-Worked

Nelson, W. L. (1996, July 1). The Ints and outs of intelligence. Government Executive. Retrieved from http://www.govexec.com/magazine/1996/07/the-ints-and-outs-of-intelligence/355/

Ricks, T. E. (2006, February 21). U. S. counterinsurgency academy giving officers a new mind-set: Course in Iraq stresses the cultural, challenges the conventional. The Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001303.html

Recommended Websites

Central Intelligence Agency. (2013, June 7). Center for the study of intelligence - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/index.html