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Counterterrorism

Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts…

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Counterterrorist operations

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Counterterrorism

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Avg. degree1.99
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Counterterrorism

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related to Further reading · 137
Counterterrorism → Abingdon, Agitazione, American Bar Association, An International History, Anguish, Archived April, Archived October, Ariel, Arreguín-Toft, Bakker, Battlefield, Boundaries, Cambridge Review, Christophe Paulussen, CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture, Civil Liberties Since, Collective Violence, Comparative Analysis, Contemporary War, Counter-Terrorism
related to Legal contexts · 37
Counterterrorism → Acts, British Security Forces, Crime, December, European Convention, For, From, However, Human Rights, Human Rights Act, In, IRA, Irish Republican Army, It, July, Law Lords, London, Northern Ireland, November, On December
related to history · 12
Counterterrorism → Fenian, Irish, It, Metropolitan Police, Police, Rome, Social Defense Against Anarchists, Special Branch, Special Irish Branch, The, The International Conference, United Kingdom
related to Military · 7
Counterterrorism → Defense, Given, In, Instead, Posse Comitatus Act, United States Department, Units
related to Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance · 6
Counterterrorism → Central, Domestic, Many, Mass, Most, New
related to Designing counterterrorist systems · 4
Counterterrorism → Designing, Flexibility, Ideal, The
related to External links · 4
Counterterrorism → Bureau, CounterterrorismCounter Terrorism Policing, International, Public
related to Law enforcement · 3
Counterterrorism → Such, Though, While
is a · 1
Counterterrorism → relatively more recent objective of law enforcement agencies.Though some civil libertarians and criminal justice scholars have criticized efforts of law enforcement agencies to…

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Counterterrorismis arelatively more recent objective of law enforcement agencies.Though some civil libertarians and criminal justice scholars have criticized efforts of law enforcement agencies to…0.90text
red team analysisinstance ofand adopting new operational approaches0.80text
a wider range of preventive measures.Although terrorist attacks in Western countries tend to receive disproportionately high levels of media coverageinstance ofand adopting new operational approaches0.80text
most terrorist incidents occur in less developed regionsinstance ofand adopting new operational approaches0.80text
those taken in Iraq have yet to be seen as beneficial or ineffectualinstance ofnew methods0.80text
the Arrow ABMinstance ofbut also deploying active protection systems0.80text
Iron Domeinstance ofbut also deploying active protection systems0.80text
David's Slinginstance ofbut also deploying active protection systems0.80text
which intercept the incoming threat in the airinstance ofbut also deploying active protection systems0.80text
the Bhopal disaster or the Halifax Explosioninstance ofTerrorists do not need to import chemical weapons if they can cause a major industrial accident0.80text
shootoutsinstance ofor are lengthy situations0.80text
standoffs that allow the counterterrorist units to assembleinstance ofor are lengthy situations0.80text

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