6 Written Questions

1. A law enforcement network that allows law enforcement agencies to share information about criminal investigations.
2. An infamous FBI counterintelligence program started in 1956. Agents involved in COINTELPRO violated constitutional limitations on domestic intelligence gathering, and the program came under congressional criticism in the early 1970s. The FBI's abuse of power eventually resulted in restrictions on the FBI.
3. A type of law enforcement in which resources are deployed based on information gathered and analyzed from criminal intelligence.
4. A system of agencies and networks that gather information about threats to the country. Any threat or potential threat is examined under the auspices of national defense intelligence. Unlike criminal intelligence, people and agencies gathering defense information do not need to suspect any criminal activity. The FBI is empowered to gather defense intelligence.
5. A plan to share criminal intelligence among the nation's law enforcement agencies. It suggests minimum standards for establishing and managing intelligence operations within police agencies.
6. Information gathered on the reasonable suspicion that a criminal activity is occurring or about to occur. It is collected by law enforcement agencies in the course of their preventive and investigative functions. It is shared on information networks such as the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS). Unlike national defense intelligence, criminal intelligence applies only in criminal law. Agencies must suspect some violation of criminal law before they can collect intelligence.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Terrorist targets that may have limited military or security value but represent the power of the state under attack. Terrorists seek symbolic targets to strike fear into society and to give a sense of power to the terrorist group. The power of the symbol also multiplies the effect of the attack.
   1. On War
   2. symbolic targets
   3. asymmetry
   4. COINTELPRO
2. All criminal intelligence gathered and analyzed for intelligence-led policing. Rather than focusing on one type of issue, such as terrorism, agencies focus on gathering information about all potential crimes and social problems.
   1. criminal intelligence
   2. National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP)
   3. national security intelligence
   4. total criminal intelligence (TCI)
3. (1942\-2005) A U.S. naval officer and president of the Naval War College who championed the idea of network-centric warfare. His ideas are instrumental in understanding methods to counter terror networks.
   1. Arthur Cebrowski
   2. On War
   3. asymmetry
   4. civil defense
4. A term used in guerrilla warfare and terrorism to describe how a small, weak force fights a stronger power. Asymmetrical wars are fought between sides that are grossly unequal. The less powerful side does not fight the more powerful side under the conventional rules of war because it cannot win by using these tactics. The weaker side uses unconventional methods of fighting.
   1. COINTELPRO
   2. asymmetry
   3. On War
   4. Sun Tzu
5. A Chinese philosopher of war who made little distinction between war and peace. Subtle expressions of power that defeat the enemy are better than war or fighting. Many counterterrorism analysts believe that Sun Tzu's ancient approach to conflict is applicable for fighting modern terrorism.
   1. COINTELPRO
   2. On War
   3. Sun Tzu
   4. asymmetry

5 True/False Questions

1. civil defense → Citizens engaged in homeland security.

   True        False

2. On War → One of the most influential philosophical works on the practice of warfare. Written by Carl von Clausewitz, it remains standard reading for military officers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

   True        False

3. network-centric warfare → Terrorist targets that may have limited military or security value but represent the power of the state under attack. Terrorists seek symbolic targets to strike fear into society and to give a sense of power to the terrorist group. The power of the symbol also multiplies the effect of the attack.

   True        False

4. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) → A federal agency created in 2003 by Congress from the Office of Homeland Security after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

   True        False

5. Carl von Clausewitz → (1780\-1831) A Prussian field marshal and philosopher of war. His book On War helped to shape military doctrine in the twentieth century.

   True        False