INTERNET CYBER-WARFARE WITH AL-QA'IDA:  TERRORISM, COUNTERTERRORISM, CYBER COUNTERTERRORISM, & CYBER-COUNTERINTELLIGENCE -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S. & OTHER WESTERN GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAYS AL-QA'IDA & ITS AFFILIATES USE THE INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY TO WAGE THE GLOBAL ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE NEED FOR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO BE ALLOWED & ENCOURAGED TO INCORPORATE CREATIVE STRATEGIES ENABLING THEM TO ANTICIPATE WHERE THE TERRORISTS MIGHT NEXT CARVE THEIR PATH ON THE INTERNET

THE ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY:  ELIMINATE IDEOLOGUES, ISOLATE THEM, OR MARGINALIZE THEM TO THE POINT OF IMPOTENCE -- RAISE THE COST OF TERRORISM BEYOND THE ENDURANCE OF TERRORISTS -- EMPLOY FORCEFUL & DISRUPTIVE MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISTS, TERRORIST GROUPS, & STATES THAT SPONSOR & SUPPORT TERRORISM -- CREATE & MAINTAIN AN EXCEEDINGLY HOSTILE & DESTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TERRORISM & ITS SUPPORTERS

U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY DURING TIME OF WAR: THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SURVEILLANCE, & AMERICAN HOMELAND SECURITY -- GOVERNMENT INTERCEPTION & MONITORING OF TERRORISTS' & SUSPECTED TERRORISTS' TELEPHONE MESSAGES: ESSENTIAL TO DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST ITS JIHADIST ENEMIES, PREVENTING FURTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS INSIDE THE U.S.A., & SAVING THE LIVES OF NUMEROUS AMERICANS

LEFTWING RADICALISM & ISLAMIST JIHADISM:  THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN RADICAL ISLAM & THE AMERICAN FAR LEFT -- THE GROWING CONFLUENCE BETWEEN MILITANT ISLAM ON ONE HAND & NON-MUSLIM LEFTIST RADICALS ON THE OTHER -- THE NEED TO COUNTER NOT ONLY TERRORISM, BUT ALSO THE IDEOLOGY OF ISLAMISM

PARTISAN POLITICS, LEFTIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S INTELLIGENCE GATHERING & SURVEILLANCE FUNCTION DURING TIME OF WAR: POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OVER THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY'S MONITORING TELEPHONE & OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED ISLAMIST TERRORISTS -- THE ROAD TO PERDITION & NATIONAL SUICIDE:  CRTICIZING & OBSTRUCTING EVERY EFFORT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES TO PROTECT US FROM OUR ISLAMIST ENEMIES, INSISTING THAT FOREIGN TERRORISTS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, DEFAMING THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, & DEPICTING THOSE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT & INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AS ENEMIES TO BE FEARED

TWO CURRENT POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES RELATING TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY & HOMELAND DEFENSE:   CONGRESSIONAL REAUTHORZATION OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT & THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S INTERCEPTION & SURVEILLANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWN LINKS TO AL-QA'IDA & OTHER ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WAGING THE JIHAD, OR TERROR WAR, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & ITS ALLIES

THE THREAT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM & THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE THREAT:  SUCCESSES & FAILURES OF AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES -- TIME TO REVIEW THE SUCCESSES & FAILURES & TO EXAMINE THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED, OR SHOULD HAVE LEARNED, FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE U.S.A.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROSS INCOMPETENCE, PARTISAN POLITICS, ACTIVIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGUES, & SECURITY LAPSES IN THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:  AMERICAN LIVES LOST & AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED -- WHAT NASA OFFICIALS & 9-11 COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO COVER UP

RADICAL ISLAM & JIHADISM:  THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT & THE JIHAD IT IS WAGING AGAINST THE WEST IN GENERAL & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN PARTICULAR -- THE ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT, THE NATURE & EFFECTNESS OF ITS METHODS, ITS PERCEPTION OF THE U.S.A. AS THE STRATEGIC ENEMY, & WHY AMERICA & ITS ALLIES MUST REMAIN RESOLUTE & PERSISTENT IN WAGING AN EFFECTIVE COUNTERTERRORIST WAR AGAINST THE JIHADISTS

SANDY BERGER, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO FORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR PILFERING OR IMPROPERLY HANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION HEARINGS:  INVESTIGATION OF A POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL SECURITY LAPSES, MANY OF WHICH LEFT THE U.S.A. VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACK

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ITS ROLE IN PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS:  CONTINUING ENHANCEMENT OF THE FBI'S INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE AGENCY'S ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE & COUNTERTERRORIST RESPONSIBILITIES

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: BOOSTING THE FBI'S EFFECTIVENESS IN PERFORMING ITS INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORIST FUNCTIONS IN THE WAR AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

MAJOR DEFECTS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM SYSTEM PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:   ABSENCE OF A COVERT ACTION PROGRAM TO KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE WALL SEPARATING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS FROM INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, LACK OF SUPPORT FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE FBI, & FAILURE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO DISRUPT THE AL-QA'IDA NETWORK IN THE U.S.A.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY -- FOCUS ON DEFEATING THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS BEFORE THEY CAN STRIKE

THE SOURCES OF WEAKNESS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S COUNTERTERRORIST SUPPORT ACTIVITY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:  LEGAL OBSTACLES TO INTERAGENCY COOPERATION & A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE FUNDING & OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN & TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE WORK -- LEGAL BARRIERS & INADEQUATE PROVISION OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION & ANALYSIS

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORIST ACTIVITY:  THE ROLE OF THE TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER IN SUPPORTING, REINFORCING, & ENHANCING U.S. INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS AT HOME & ABROAD

THE CIA DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS:  THE ROLE OF AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE SERVICE IN IMPLEMENTING U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY -- THE DIRECTORATE'S COUNTERTERRORIST EFFORTS BEFORE & SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE ROLE OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM:  THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS PRIOR TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE U.S.A. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

THE ROLE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN UNITED STATES COUNTERTERRORISM & NATIONAL-SECURITY POLICY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:  USE OF THE CIA IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S PRE-9/11 EFFORTS TO DISRUPT AL-QA'IDA & CAPTURE OR KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN & HIS LIEUTENANTS

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS -- AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE & THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, MILITARY DEFENSE, & PROSECUTION OF THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISM

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