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The Domestic IED Threat
Title: The Domestic IED Threat
Date: 1st Quarter 2008
Author: John Kress and Steven Grogger
Institution: National Defense University
Bibliographic Entry: Grogger, Steven and John Kress. “The Domestic IED Threat.” Joint Forces Quarterly. Issue 48, 1st Quarter 2008, 66-69.
Electronic Link: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Press/jfq_pages/i48.htm
Key Words: domestic improvised explosive device (IED), Homeland Security Presidential Directive-19 (HSPD-19), National Response Framework (NRF), Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP), Bomb Data Center (BDC), Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), Terrorist Explosive Devices Analytical Center
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
Terrorist use of domestic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) prompted President Bush to sign Homeland Security Presidential Directive-19 (HSPD-19) to address the threat of such incidents in the United States by focusing on a layered strategy. This strategy will deter, prevent and detect terrorist use of explosives before the threats become imminent. It also tasks the Department of Justice to develop a national strategy for IED incidents and produce an IED annex to the National Response Framework (NRF).
Several key players are involved in the effort of preventing domestic IED issues, including the Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP) through DHS, the Justice Department’s Bomb Data Center (BDC), the Department of Defense’s Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), and the FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Devices Analytical Center. In April of 2007, the executive branch hosted a Cabinet level exercise to simulate response to a domestic IED attack. Other contingency plans center around U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). These four IED plans are Regional War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Consequence Management.
Several questions of significant challenges and particulars of an IED campaign domestically are raised and answered.
Name of Researcher: Julie Curry
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: April 8, 2008