Terrorism and the Militarys Role in Domestic Crisis Management : Background and Issues for Congress

By Department of National Security

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The United States faces a wide range of national security threats, from intercontinental ballistic missiles to the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)1 by terrorists. The debate over the seriousness of the various threats has intensified recently. Various studies and commissions have recommended far reaching changes in the approach to domestic preparedness and response to threats to the homeland. The threat of domestic terrorism has generated a wide ranging debate regarding all organizational aspects of the problem, including the approach from a strategic perspective and the more focused aspects of organizational structure, budgetary priorities, and intelligence collection. Several recent studies have proposed a greater role for the U.S. military in combating terrorism while others call for the creation of entirely new structures to combat the complete spectrum of threats to the United States, including terrorism and the use of WMD by terrorists.2...

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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Forecast Trend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Current U.S. Government Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Crisis Management of Domestic Terrorism Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 National Level Crisis Management Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The National Security Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The FBI Crisis Management Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The FBI Operational Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Critical Incident Response Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Domestic Emergency Support Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Military?s Role in Domestic Crisis Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DoD Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Posse Comitatus Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Requests for Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Military Technical Assistance Operational Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Searches and Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Disposition and Transportation of a WMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Requests for Tactical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Constitutional Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Insurrection Statutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Military Tactical Assistance Operational Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Conclusion and Issues for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 National Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Employing the Full Range of DoD Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 New Federal Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Congressional Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 List of Figures Figure 1: Terrorism Becoming More Lethal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2. NSC Terrorism Response Policy Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 3. FBI Joint Operations Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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