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Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11
Title: Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11
Date: September 10, 2007
Institution: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Bibliographic Entry: “Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11.” U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 10, 2007. Washington, D.C. http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=479 (Accessed December 14, 2007).
Electronic Link: http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=479
Key Words: terrorist threat, critical infrastructure, information sharing, counterterrorism, homegrown radicalization, intelligence community
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
This hearing addresses the issues of the status of the current terrorist threat to the US homeland and current efforts to confront the threat. Secretary Chertoff overviewed DHS’s role and efforts to keep dangerous people and cargo out of the country and to protect critical infrastructure and information sharing efforts. Director of National Intelligence McConnell discussed the findings of the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on the Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland, the transformation of the Intelligence Community both structurally and qualitatively. Director Redd of the National Counterterrorism Center testified on the nation’s analysis, information sharing, and interagency collaboration efforts to confront the terrorist threat. Finally, FBI Director Mueller testified about FBI’s efforts to counter terrorism, specifically focusing on homegrown radicalization, IEDs, WMDs and the alignment of the FBI to effectively combat these threats.
Name of Researcher: Katie Stout
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: December 18, 2007