Terrorism Issues, Policies and Legislation.

Intro -- TERRORISM ISSUES, POLICIES AND LEGISLATION -- TERRORISM ISSUES, POLICIES AND LEGISLATION -- Contents -- Preface -- Analysis of Selected Legislative Proposals Addressing Guantanamo Detainees -- Summary -- Introduction -- Legislative Proposals in the 111th Congress -- Bills Requiring or Delaying Closure -- Bills Restricting Transfer to or Release in the United States -- Bills Permitting Detainee Transfer to the United States -- Bills Relating to Interrogation, Treatment, or Prosecution -- Bills Addressing Executive Authority to Detain Enemy Combatants and Judicial Authority to Hear Habeas Corpus Claims -- Conclusion -- Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Set to Expire in 2009 -- Summary -- Overview -- "Lone Wolf" Terrorists -- Historical Context -- Legislative Responses -- Sunset -- Roving Wiretaps -- Background -- Section 206 and "Other Persons" -- Particularity Requirement of the Fourth Amendment -- Sunset -- Access to Business Records Under FISA -- Background -- Expansion of Scope of Documents Subject to FISA -- Changes to the Standard of Review -- Nondisclosure and Judicial Review -- DOJ OIG Report -- Sunset -- Proposed Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court -- Summary -- Introduction -- Early Developments in the Detention and Trial of Enemy Combatants Captured in the "War on Terror -- Rasul v. Bush -- Combatant Status Review Tribunals -- Pre-Boumediene v. Bush Court Challenges to the Detention Policy -- Khalid v. Bush -- In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases -- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld -- Jurisdiction -- Presidential Authority -- The Geneva Conventions and the Law of War -- Analysis -- Al-Marri -- Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) -- The Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) -- Provisions Affecting Court Jurisdiction.

Provisions Regarding the Geneva Conventions -- Post-MCA Issues and Developments -- Possible Application to U.S. Citizens -- DTA Challenges to Detention -- Bismullah v. Gates -- Parhat v. Gates -- Boumediene v. Bush -- Constitutional Right to Habeas -- Adequacy of Habeas Corpus Substitute -- Implications of Boumediene -- Executive Order to Close Guantanamo and Halt Military Commission Proceedings -- Redefining U.S. Detention Authority -- Constitutional Considerations and Options for Congress -- Scope of Challenges -- The Fact and Length of Detention -- Conditions of Detention -- Available Remedy -- Extraterritorial Scope of Constitutional Writ of Habeas -- Use of Habeas Petitions to Challenge the Jurisdiction of Military Commissions -- Congressional Authority over Federal Courts -- Separation of Powers Issues -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Legislation in the 111 and 110th Congress -- National Defense Authorization Provisions -- Habeas Corpus Amendments -- Bills to Regulate Detention -- Summary of the White House Review of the December 25, 2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack -- Background -- Findings -- Failure to "Connect the Dots -- Breakdown of Accountability for Threat Warning and Response -- Failure to Watchlist -- Visa Issue -- Key Findings Emerging from Preliminary Inquiry and Review -- Ocean Piracy and Its Impact on Insurance -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Current Situation -- Piracy Events and Impacts -- Insurance Industry Effects -- The Economic Costs and Consequences of Piracy -- Basics of Marine Insurance -- Hull Insurance -- Ocean Cargo Insurance -- War Risk Insurance -- Protection and Indemnity Insurance -- Options for Congress -- Latin America: Terrorism Issues -- Summary -- Terrorism in Latin America: U.S. Concerns -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- Peru -- Tri-Border Area -- Cuba -- U.S. Policy -- Increased Regional Cooperation since 9/11.

Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Abbreviations -- Results in Brief -- Background -- The U.S. Government has not Met National Security Goals in Pakistan's FATA -- Although State has Reported Some Progress in Pakistan's FATA, Other Sources Indicate Resurgence of an al Qaeda Threat and the Establishment of a Terrorist Safe Haven in the FATA -- The United States has Relied Primarily on the Pakistani Military to Accomplish Its Goals in Pakistan's FATA, with Little Focus on Economic Development and Improving Governance -- Key Government Stakeholders Recognize That a More Comprehensive Approach is Needed -- No Comprehensive Plan for Guiding U.S. Efforts in the FATA has been Developed, as Called for by the Administration and Congress -- Presidential Powers for Implementing National Security Strategies and Developing a Comprehensive Plan -- Despite Executive, Congressional, and Independent Calls for Comprehensive Plans to Combat Terrorism and Close Terrorist Safe Havens, Such Plans Were Never Developed -- Pakistan and the U.S. Embassy are Encouraging More Focus on Other Key Elements of National Power to Achieve U.S. Goals in the FATA -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for Executive Action -- Agency Comments and Our Evaluation -- Appendix I: Comments from the Department of State -- Appendix II: Comments from the Department of Defense -- Appendix III: Comments from the U.S. Agency for International Development -- Appendix IV: Comments from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- Food Terrorism in Nigeria: Fears, Possibilities and Action -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Food and Terrorism Elsewhere.

Nigeria's Food Production and Distribution -- Existing Terrorism Management Strategies and Organs in Nigeria -- Nigeria as Terrorists' Target -- Nigeria's Emergency Response Capabilities -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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