What are the Terrorist Threats to America?Each year the Director of National Intelligence provides a briefing for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the threats facing the United States. Please read the Global Threats section (pages 1 to 12) of the Statement for the Record presented by Director James Clapper in January 2014. Select one domestic or foreign terrorist threat that you would like to study in-depth.
Using government sources and journal articles prepare apowerpoint-stylebriefing of 8 to 12 slides for the class on one foreign or domestic terrorist threat to American interests. Summarize the nature of the threat the group or groups posing the threat potential consequences and counter terrorism strategies for reducing or responding to the threat. Document your sources of information.
Prior to uploading toDropbox create a PDF document thatwill reduce the size. Three steps:
1. Prepare brief in either G Docs or MSPowerpoint.2. Prior to uploading format or export into a PDF document3. Upload the PDF brief to Unit 1Dropbox
Reading:
Clapper J.R. (2014). Statement for the Record: Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.Retrieved fromhttp://www.intelligence.senate.gov/140129/clapper.pdf
Suggested Sources for Supplemental Information:Central Intelligence Agency Libraryhttps://www.cia.gov/libraryFederal Bureau of Investigation (2013). Terrorism webpage. Retrieved fromhttp://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorismHomeland Security Digital Libraryhttps://www.hsdl.org/?homeNationalCounter-terrorismCenter (2013)Counter-terrorismCalendarhttp://www.nctc.gov/site/index.htmlU.S. Department of State Bureau ofCounter-terrorismhttp://www.state.gov/j/ct/index.htm