Terrorist Group Profile
Research Paper (25%) Terrorist Group Profile and Homeland Security Policy Paper
The Terrorist Group Profile and Policy Paper will not be accepted after the due date.
The term paper consists of two parts:
Part 1 – Select a domestic or international terrorist organization that threatens the U.S. homeland and complete a profile of that organization. Your topic does not have to be approved by the instructor unless otherwise noted. If you have any questions, please contact your instructor. The group profile should be approximately 50 percent of the final paper and must include a discussion of the group’s ideology, targeting, tactics, capability, and overall goals, analysis of attacks, and any statements or propaganda released by the group. Make sure you have enough information on the group to address all these factors and how it affects the US homeland.
A foreign terrorist group for this project must be on the official list of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) maintained by the U.S. Department of State. In the case of domestic terrorist groups, there is no sanctioned list from which to choose, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made significant arrests from several groups that would fit the description of a domestic terrorist group. The FBI also names many other groups in congressional testimony. Materials presented in the course as well as recent news and congressional testimony, are good sources of information on how to identify domestic groups for this project.
Part 2
-Identify one or more homeland security policies (Sub-heading for the specific policy or policies)
-Assess the ability of the policy or policies to counter the threat posed by the group profiled (Sub-heading could be “Policy Assessment, etc.”). In this assessment and/or analysis must include an introduction and explanation of the policy, followed by an analysis addressing the breadth of the information (from part 1) gathered on that terrorist group.
