What is Terrorism?
Violence or threats used to create fear for a political or social goal
What is terrorism?
This man carried out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Who is Timothy McVeigh?
He founded and led al Qaeda.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
The August 6, 2001 document titled Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US was this type of intelligence briefing.
What is a President’s Daily Brief?
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act created this agency to oversee transportation security.
What is the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA?
Terrorists hope an attack on a few people will produce this effect among many more people
What is widespread fear?
This New York landmark was bombed in 1993, eight years before the September 11 attacks
What is the World Trade Center?
This man is the principal architect of the September 11 aircraft plot.
Who is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
The brief reported that bin Laden wanted to carry out attacks in this country.
What is the United States?
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created this Cabinet department by bringing multiple agencies together.
What is the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS?
A group bombs a public building to pressure lawmakers to change a policy. This goal distinguishes the attack from violence committed solely for personal profit
What is a political goal?
This domestic group claimed responsibility for bombing the U.S. Capitol in 1971 while protesting U.S. military actions
What is the Weather Underground?
The implemented September 11 plot involved this many hijackers and aircraft.
What are 19 hijackers and four aircraft?
The brief reported that the FBI was conducting approximately this many full field investigations it considered bin Laden related.
What is 70?
This 2001 measure authorized the president to use military force against those responsible for the September 11 attacks.
What is the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF?
Attackers may target civilians because public fear and attention can put pressure on these decision makers
Who are government leaders?
Investigators recovered this identifying number from the 1993 World Trade Center wreckage and traced it to a rented vehicle
What is a vehicle identification number, or VIN?
These two targets represented American economic strength and military leadership.
What are the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
Bin Laden’s statements about wanting to strike the United States showed intent. Al Qaeda members’ presence in the country suggested this other factor.
What is capability or a possible support network?
This law expanded investigative authorities such as surveillance and wiretaps, prompting debate about privacy and civil liberties.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
An attack injures six people, but television coverage frightens viewers across the country. Explain how the coverage serves the attackers’ goal
What is spreading fear far beyond the people directly injured and drawing attention to the attackers’ cause?
The Oklahoma City bombing challenges the idea that terrorism threatening Americans must always come from outside the country. Explain why.
What is McVeigh was an American attacker motivated by grievances against the U.S. government, making it an example of domestic terrorism?
Name two grievances bin Laden used to justify calling for violence against Americans.
What are U.S. military presence in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia; U.S. support for Israel; and U.S. sanctions on Iraq
Explain why the President’s Daily Brief was a serious warning but did not predict the exact September 11 operation.
What is it described intent and suspicious activity, including possible hijacking preparations, but did not identify the precise date, flights, targets, or complete plan?
The 2004 intelligence reform law created these two structures to improve leadership and coordination of terrorism intelligence.
What are the Director of National Intelligence and the National Counterterrorism Center?