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Presidential Initiatives

• A Summary of WMD Trade Control Regulations and Executive Order 13159
  Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, August 18, 2000
• Designation of the Attorney General as the Lead Official for the Emergency Response Assistance Program
  Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, April 7, 2000
• "Strengthening Nonproliferation: Essential to Global Security"
  Samuel R. Berger, National Security Adviser to President Clinton
  September 1, 1999
• President Clinton and Vice President Gore's FY 2000 Budget: Preparing America For the 21st Century
  Summary Document, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, February 1, 1999
• "Keeping America Secure for the 21st Century"
  Remarks by President Clinton at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, January 22, 1999
• White House Fact Sheet on President Clinton's Initiative on Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness, January 22, 1999
• "Keeping America Secure for the 21st Century"
  Remarks by National Security Advisor Sandy Berger; Dr. Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Laureate; and Jamie Gorelick, Fannie Mae Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, Washington. D.C., January 22, 1999
• Press Briefing by Attorney General Janet Reno; Donna Shalala, Secretary of the HHS; and Richard Clarke, President's National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, and Counterterrorism, January 22, 1999
• Interview with the President
  Judith Miller and William J. Broad, New York Times, January 21, 1999
• Clinton Letter on Weapons of Mass Destruction
  Text Of A Letter From The President To The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives And The President Of The Senate, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, November 12, 1998
• Remarks by the President at the United States Naval Academy Commencment
  Annapolis, Maryland, May 22, 1998
• The Clinton Administration's Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection: Presidential Decision Directive 63, White Paper, The White House, May 1998
• Presidential Decision Directive 62
  Fact Sheet on Combating Terrorism, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, May 22, 1998
• Fact Sheet on Addressing the Threat of Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House, June 12, 1996
• Presidential Decision Directive 39, June 21, 1995, unclassified text
• Presidential Decision Directive 39, unclassified abstract

Major Legislation

• Public Law 106-113, Consolidated Appropriations for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2000
  Contains Title VI--Embassy Security and Counterterrorism Measures
• Omnibus Appropriations Bill, FY99; Public Law 105-277
  Contains the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 and the Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998
• Public Law 105-261, Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, October 17, 1998
  Title XIV establishes the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (Gilmore Commission)
• Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for FY98
  Instructs the Attorney General to conduct a "terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies and their facilities"
• Department of Defense Appropriations, FY97
  Conference Report 104-863, including Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
• Public Law 104-19, July 27, 1995
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives, For Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995
• Public Law 104-201
  National Defense Authorization Act for FY 97
• Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
• 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism

State Department

• The Best Homeland Defense is a Good Counterterrorism Offense
  Ambassador Michael Sheehan, The Journal of Homeland Defense, Fall 2000
• Statement of Ambassador Michael Sheehan, Coordinator for Counterterrorism
  before the House International Relations Committee, July 12, 2000
• Statement of Ambassador Michael Sheehan, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  June 15, 2000
• Briefing by Secretary Albright and Amb. Michael Sheehan on the 1999 Annual "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report, May 1, 2000
• "Post-Millennium Terrorism Review"
  Ambassador Michael A. Sheehan, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Speech at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, February 10, 2000
• Statement of Ambassador Michael A. Sheehan, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, before the Senate Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, November 2, 1999
• "The Battle Against Terrorism: Report From The Administration"
  Prepared Text of Remarks Delivered by Amb. Michael Sheehan, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 19, 1999
• Statement by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, in the Security Council, October 19, 1999
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations, 1999
  Designations by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism October 8, 1999
• Statement of Michael Sheehan, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Confirmation Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 23, 1999
• Statement of David Carpenter, Asst. Secretary for Diplomatic Security, before the House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, March 12, 1999
• Statement of Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers, Inspector General of the Department of State, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and U.S. Information Agency, before the House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, March 12, 1999
• Statement of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, February 4, 1999
• Report of the Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on August 7, 1998, January 1999
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations, 1997
  Fact sheet released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, October 8, 1997
• Statement for the Record of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, May 13, 1997
• Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Special briefing on the release of the 1996 Patterns of Global Terrorism Annual Report, April 30, 1997
• Statement of Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., Coordinator for Counterterrorism, before the Research and Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on National Security, February 28, 1997

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• "President's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget," Statement for the Record of Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI, before the Senate Subcommittee for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
  February 4, 1999

• Combating Terrorism: FBI's Use of Federal Funds for Counterterrorism-Related Activities, FY 1995-FY 1998, General Accounting Office, November 1998 [GAO-GGD-99-7]

• U.S. Counter-Terrorism Policy
  Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
  September 3, 1998
  • Statement by Louis J. Freeh, FBI Director, "U.S. Government's Response to International Terrorism"

Government Accounting Office Reports

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• Combating Terrorism: Federal Response Teams Provide Varied Capabilities; Opportunities Remain to Improve Coordination
  [GAO-01-14] November 30, 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Linking Threats to Strategies and Resources
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations
  July 26, 2000
  Statement of Norman J. Rabkin, Director, National Security Preparedness Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office [GAO/T-ISIAD-00-218]
• Combating Terrorism: Action Taken But Considerable Risks Remain or Forces Overseas
  [GAO/NSIAD-00-181] July 19, 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Comments on Bill H.R. 4210 to Manage Selected Counterterrorist Programs
  [GAO/T-NSIAD-00-172] May 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Issues in Managing Counterterrorist Programs
  [GAO/T-NSIAD-00-145] April 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Need to Eliminate Duplicate Federal Weapons of Mass Destruction Training
  [GAO/NSIAD-00-64] March 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on the Threat of Chemical and Biological Terrorism
  [GAO/T-NSIAD-00-50] October 1999
• Combating Terrorism: The Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks
  [GAO/NSIAD-99-163] September 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on Growth in Federal Programs
  [GAO/T-NSIAD-99-181] June 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Analysis of Federal Counterterrorist Exercises
  [GAO/NSIAD-99-157BR] June 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Analysis of Potential Emergency Response Equipment and Sustainment Costs
  [GAO/NSIAD-99-151] June 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Use of National Guard Response Teams is Unclear
  [GAO/NSIAD-99-110] May 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Issues to be Resolved to Improve Counterterrorism Operations
  [GAO-NSIAD-99-135] May 1999
• Government-wide Spending to Combat Terrorism: GAO Views on the President's Annual Report
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, March 11, 1999
  • Statement of Chairman Shays, Subcommittee Chairman
  • Statement of Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Asst. Comptroller, National Security and Internal Affairs Division, GAO
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on Federal Funding to Combat Terrorism
  [GAO/T-NSIAD/GGD0-99-107] March 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on Biological Terrorism and Public Health Initiatives
  [GAO/T-NSIAD-99-112] March 1999
• Combating Terrorism: Opportunities To Improve Domestic Preparedness Program Focus and Efficiency
  [GAO/NSIAD-99-3] November 1998
• Combating Terrorism: FBI's Use of Federal Funds for Counterterrorism-Related Activities, FY 1995-FY 1998
  [GAO-GGD-99-7] November 1998
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program, Statement of Richard Davis, Director, National Security Analysis, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO, before the House Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice
  [T-NSIAD-99-16] October 2, 1998
• Combating Terrorism: Observations on Crosscutting Issues
  [T-NSIAD-98-164] April 23, 1998
• Combating Terrorism: Threat and Risk Assessments Can Help Prioritize and Target Program Investments
  [NSIAD-98-74] April 1998
• Combating Terrorism: Spending on Government-wide Programs Requires Better Management and Coordination
  [NSIAD-98-39] December 1997
• Combating Terrorism: Federal Agencies' Efforts to Implement National Policy and Strategy
  [NSIAD-97-254] September 1997

Non-governmental Sources on Counterterrorism

• U.S. Government Efforts To Create A Homeland Defense Capability: A Program and Budget Overview of Federal Spending on Counterterrorism and WMD
  Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 12, 2000
• Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: A Comprehensive Strategy
  Frank Cilluffo, Joseph J. Collins, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Daniel Gouré, and Michael Horowitz, Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2000
• How Should the United States Respond to Terrorism?
  Cato Institute Policy Forum, November 27, 2000
• Homeland Defense: Coping with the Threat of Indirect, Covert, Terrorist, and Extremist Attacks with Weapons of Mass Destruction
  Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  Main Report, September 1, 2000
• Homeland Defense: Federal Policy and Programs to Deal With the Threat of Attacks With Weapons of Mass Destruction
  Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 18, 2000
• Defining Homeland Defense
  Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  (working draft), April 3, 2000
• How Terrorism Ends
  United States Institute of Peace, Special Report, May 25, 1999
• Seminar on Emerging Threats of Biological Terrorism: Recent Developments
  Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, proceedings report, June 16, 1998
• Biological Terrorism: Political and Legal Responses
  Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, transcript of roundtable proceedings, October 8, 1998

Last updated: 06/2001

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