Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6.
Analyzes Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6), to establish the Terrorist Screening Center, administered by FBI, to consolidate several Government terrorist watch lists into a single terrorist screening database to better identify, screen, and track known terrorists. Reviews prior ter...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Analyzes Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6), to establish the Terrorist Screening Center, administered by FBI, to consolidate several Government terrorist watch lists into a single terrorist screening database to better identify, screen, and track known terrorists. Reviews prior terrorist screening methods, failures to identify and screen the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the U.S., efforts to elevate and expand terrorist identification, screening, and tracking under HSPD-6, criminal history tracking mechanisms, and biometric identification systems used to prevent alien terrorists from crossing U.S. borders. Also discusses possible issues for Congress. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |