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Terrorism
(including War Powers, Money Laundering, Aviation Safety)

Executive | Judicial | Legislative | International | Legal Guides | Organizations | News | General Sources

Executive

  • Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders: Intelligence and Security Activities (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) - covers April 13, 1945 through January 20, 1989
  • Patterns of Global Terrorism (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws (JURIST) includes presidential documents

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Judicial

  • FindLaw Special Coverage: War on Terrorism - Cases
  • International Criminal Court - includes Rome Statute
  • JURIST: Terrorist Trials

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Legislative

  • Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001 (THOMAS)
  • U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws (JURIST) includes federal legislation and state laws
  • U.S. Code (GPO FDsys)
    • Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure: Aircraft and Motor Vehicles: 18 U.S.C. §§31-37, Biological Weapons: 18 U.S.C. §§175-178, Chemical Weapons: 18 U.S.C. §§229, and Terrorism: 18 U.S.C. §§2331-2339
    • Title 49, Transportation: Air Commerce and Safety - 49 U.S.C. §§44901-44910
    • Title 50, War and National Defense: War Powers Resolution: 50 U.S.C. §§1541-1548
  • U.S. Congress House of Representatives:
    • Committee on Armed Services
    • Committee on Foreign Affairs
    • Committee on the Judiciary
    • Select Committee on Intelligence
  • U.S. Congress Senate:
    • Committee on Armed Services
    • Committee on Foreign Relation
    • Committee on the Judiciary
    • Select Committee on Intelligence

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International

  • International Law Commission (United Nations) includes Draft Declaration on Rights and Duties of States
  • North Atlantic Treaty (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
  • UN Action Against Terrorism (United Nations) includes conventions
  • UN Charter Chapter VII (United Nations)
  • UN Conventions Against Terrorism (United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention)
  • World Anti-Terrorism Laws (JURIST) includes U.N. resolutions, international treaties and laws of other nations

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Legal Guides

  • Articles on Legal Aspects of Terrorism (American Society of International Law)
  • Bibliography on Terrorism and International Law (Pace Law School Library) PDF
  • FindLaw Special Coverage: War on Terrorism
  • FindLaw's Writ: Military Tribunals
  • FindLaw's Writ: Terrorism
  • JURIST: Terrorism Bibliography
  • JURIST Terrorism Law and Policy
  • LRX Newstand
  • NATO and the Scourge of Terrorism (Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization)
  • National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism: Legal Material
  • A Research Guide to Cases and Materials on Terrorism (Andrew Grossman via GlobaLex) May 2006
  • Research Guides on Terrorism (Catholic University of America Law Library)
  • Resources on Terrorism (American Society of International Law)
  • State Legislation Addressing Terrorism (National Conference of State Legislatures)

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Organizations

  • Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (Gilmore Commission)
  • Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
  • Terrorism Resource Center
  • U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
  • U.S. Dept. of State Counterterrorism Office
  • U.S. Federal Aviation Agency
  • U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • U.S. Federal Emergency Managenment Agency
  • U.S. National Transportation Safety Board

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News

  • BBC News: War on Terror
  • CNN InDepth: War Against Terror
  • CourtTV: America at War
  • Google News
  • New York Times: A Nation Challenged
  • NPR America Transformed
  • Online NewsHour: The Response
  • PBS: America Responds
  • Washington Post: America at War
  • Washington Post Education: KidsPost: America Attacked
  • Yahoo News: Full Coverage: Terrorism

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General Sources

  • America Responds to Terrorism (USA.gov)
  • America's War Against Terrorism (University of Michigan Documents Center)
  • Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
  • Countering Terrorism: A Global Mission (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Hot Topics (Evergreen State College Library)
  • Research Buzz: 911
  • Resources Relating to the Events of September 11, 2001 (Gary Price)
  • Response to Terrorism (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • September 11 Disaster Help & Information Exchange (Special Libraries Association)
  • Terrorism (United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention)
  • Terrorism: A Select Guide to Information (SUNY at Buffalo Libraries)
  • Terrorism and Attacks on the United States (Vanderbilt University Library)
  • Terrorism Research Center
  • Terrorism Studies (U.S. Library of Congress, Federal Research Division)
  • World Trade Center Building Performance Study Data Collections, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations (U.S. House. Committee on Science)

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