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The Need for Online Terrorism Studies and Counterintelligence Training

By Dan Sommer

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The past few months have brought the threat to our national security back into focus. The foiled bombing of Najibullah Zazi, the Christmas Day Bomber case, and even the Fort Hood massacre are all examples that counterterrorism and counterintelligence training remain crucial for this country’s safety.

In fact, in the annual National Threat Assessment testimony to Congress given this month, the Director of National Intelligence warned that “the recent successful and attempted attacks represent an evolving threat in which it is even more difficult to identify and track small numbers of terrorists recently recruited and trained and short term plots than to find and follow terrorist cells engaged in plots that have been ongoing for years.”

Among the main ways that this nation protects itself from future attacks, is through counterterrorism and counterintelligence. This is why our nation’s agencies who are responsible for keeping this country free of terrorist attacks regularly recruit individuals who have counterterrorism and counterintelligence training.

Online Terrorism Studies

For those looking to earn one of the many honorable positions protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks, nothing could be more advantageous and convenient than online terrorism studies.

Since terrorism is a complex subject that requires extensive expert knowledge, a degree can be a great asset if you want to truly excel. Online terrorism studies will teach you about terrorist organizations, which are located not just in the Middle East but even as close as the northern tip of South America. These degree programs delve into the details of these insurgency groups. The programs get down to the specifics: their ideology, how they plan their attacks and recruit their members.

These terrorist organizations and other terrorists make use of a wide variety of terrorist strategies - another topic that online terrorism studies cover extensively. Weapons of mass destruction and suicide bombs are just the tip of the iceberg. One very real threat that has been discussed recently is cyberterrorism, or an attack on our country through the global internet, perhaps by using a computer virus or worm. Other threats include biological and chemical warfare. All of these dangers to the U.S. are delved into and analyzed in an online terrorism studies program. Programs also cover more “in the field” subjects, such as how to conduct and lead a counterterrorism operation.

Counterintelligence Training

According to the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, “Counterintelligence has both a defensive mission—protecting the nation's secrets and assets against foreign intelligence penetration—and an offensive mission—finding out what foreign intelligence organizations are planning to better defeat their aims.”

These missions need smart and educated people to ensure that they are accomplished and that this country remains protected. That is where counterintelligence training comes in and creates a force with which to be reckoned.

You might think that the first mission is one that is not really necessary; gone are the days of the Cold War and James Bond, right? You would be surprised to find out that the recent threat assessment discussed above stated that both Russia and China are currently collecting intelligence on the U.S. both outside and inside our borders. In addition, Russia is still actively involved in espionage tactics. Countries like North Korea are gathering intelligence about U.S. technologies. Because of these known threats, counterintelligence training includes learning about other countries’ intelligence practices, as well as important information security techniques.

The second mission of counterintelligence revolves around gathering information on foreign intelligence operations and disseminating it within the various intelligence agencies. The more we know, the better we will be able to protect our own intelligence.

Both online terrorism studies and counterintelligence training are important elements in creating national agencies that keep our country safe from the harm of terrorists on a daily basis, which we learned the hard way on 9/11. Because of this, securing this type of education is a great way to ensure an exciting counterterrorism or counterintelligence career.

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