Report ID #: 2021-0421-1230

Shared Resources:
Terrorism / Extremism

This is a collection of some of the terrorism / extremism related resources the CRA has shared.

Shared April 21, 2021

 
Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021
National Counterterrorism Center | March 2021
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/UnclassSummaryofDVEAssessment-17MAR21.pdf

Congressional Hearing - Examining The Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the US Capitol
US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security | February 4, 2021
https://homeland.house.gov/activities/hearings/examining-the-domestic-terrorism-threat-in-the-wake-of-the-attack-
on-the-us-capitol

The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction - An Update

National Intelligence University - Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction | February 2021
https://ni-u.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Future_of_WMD_Final.pdf

Violent Extremism in America: Interviews with Former Extremists and Their Families on Radicalization and
Deradicalization
RAND | 2021
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1071-1.html

Antisemitism as an Underlying Precursor to Violent Extremism in American Far-Right and Islamist Contexts
George Washington University Program on Extremism | October 2020
https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/
Antisemitism%20as%20an%20Underlying%20Precursor%20to%20Violent%20Extremism%20in%20American%20Far-
Right%20and%20Islamist%20Contexts%20Pdf.pdf

Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism - University of Maryland | May 2020
https://start.umd.edu/pubs/START_PIRUS_ResearchBrief_May2020.pdf

The Contested Relationship Between Youth and Violent Extremism: Assessing the Evidence Base in Relation to P/
CVE Interventions
Royal United Services Institute | February 8, 2021
https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/contested-relationship-between-youth-and-violent-extremism

Migration Moments: Extremist Adoption of Text-Based Instant Messaging Applications

Global Network on Extremism and Technology | November 2020
https://gnet-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GNET-Report-Migration-Moments-Extremist-Adoption-of-
Text%E2%80%91Based-Instant-Messaging-Applications_V2.pdf

Conspiracy Theories, Radicalisation and Digital Media

Global Network on Extremism and Technology | February 2021
https://gnet-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GNET-Conspiracy-Theories-Radicalisation-Digital-Media.pdf

The Domestic Extremist Next Door: How Digital Platforms Enable the War Against American Government
Digital Citizen Alliance | April 2021
https://www.digitalcitizensalliance.org/clientuploads/directory/Reports/DCA_The_Domestic_Extremist_Next_Door.pdf

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QAnon Offenders in the United States
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism | March 2021
https://www.start.umd.edu/sites/default/files/publications/local_attachments/
START%20QAnon%20Research%20Brief_3_23.pdf

Quantifying the Q Conspiracy: A Data Driven Approach to Understanding the Threat Posed by QAnon
The Soufan Center | April 2021
https://thesoufancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TSC-White-Paper_QAnon_16April2021-final-1.pdf

The Three Percenters: A Look Inside an Anti-Government Militia

Newline Institute for Strategy & Policy | February 2021
https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/20210225-Three-Percenter-PR-NISAP-1.pdf

Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague | 2021
https://icct.nl/handbook-of-terrorism-prevention-and-preparedness/

Terrorism Risk Insurance - State of the Market

Airmic, Aon, and Pool Re | March 31, 2021
https://www.airmic.com/system/files/technical-documents/Airmic-Guide-Terrorism-Risk-Insurance.pdf

Personal Security of First Responders in the Digital Age

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | March 31, 2021
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/111s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Personal_Security_of_First_Responders_in_the_Digital_Age-survey.pdf

Natural Gas and Propane Terrorist Tactics

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | October 29, 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/100s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Natural_Gas_and_Propane_Terrorist_Tactics-survey.pdf

Programmable Microcontrollers: Potential for Illicit Use

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | December 10, 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/106s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Programmable_Microcontrollers_-_Potential_for_Illicit_Use-survey.pdf

Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine: Indicators of Acquisition, Manufacture, and Considerations for Response
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | November 23, 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/104s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Hexamethylene_Triperoxide_Diamine_HMTD-survey.pdf

Plant-Derived Toxins: Identification, Indicators of Acquisition and Manufacture, and Considerations for Response
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | December 15, 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/107s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-_Plant-
Derived_Toxins-survey.pdf

Beirut explosion 2020: A case study for a large-scale urban blast simulation
Safety Science (Academic Journal) | February 2021
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0925753521000357?
token=E153680FF3B0EE11CF7291881A210472DC07384605C8A5E7C74936D062AC52323FEC44349D1DC665C0CAF1FEFE620E
26&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20210421185917

Overview of Community Engagement in Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP)

DHS | July 2020
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/community_engagement_overview_v4_0.pdf

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Data Analytics for Social Media Monitoring: Guidance on Social Media Monitoring and Analysis Techniques, Tools
and Methodologies
National Democratic Institute | May 2020
https://d4dcoalition.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/
NDI_Social%20Media%20Monitoring%20Guide%20ADJUSTED%20COVER.2.pdf

Monitoring Social Media: Lessons for Future Department of Defense Social Media Analysis in Support of Information
Operations
RAND | 2017
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1700/RR1742/RAND_RR1742.pdf

Researching Extremist Content on Social Media Platforms: Data Protection and Research Ethics Challenges and
Opportunities
Global Network on Extremism & Technology - International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King’s College
London | January 2021
https://gnet-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GNET-Report-Researching-Extremist-Content-Social-Media-
Ethics.pdf

Task Force 1-6 Capitol Security Review

US House of Representatives Task Force | March 5, 2021
https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/
20210315_Final_Report_Task_Force_1.6_Capitol_Security_Review_SHORT.pdf

“This is Our House!”: A Preliminary Assessment of the Capitol Hill Siege Participants
George Washinton University - Program on Extremism | March 2021
https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/This-Is-Our-House.pdf

“This is War”: Examining Military Experience Among the Capitol Hill Siege Participants
George Washington University - Program on Extremism | April 2021
https://ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/This-is-War_Final.pdf

A Year of COVID-19: The Pandemic’s Impact on Global Conflict and Demonstration Trends
ACLED | April 2021
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ACLED_A-Year-of-COVID19_April2021-compressed.pdf

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism Update
United Nations Security Council | December 2020
https://www.un.org/sc/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CTED_Paper_The-impact-of-the-COVID-19-pandemic-on-
counter-terrorism-and-countering-violent-extremism_Dec2020.pdf

Impact of COVID-19 on Violent Extremism and Terrorism

United Nations Institute for Training and Research - Division for Peace
https://unitar.org/learning-solutions/publications/impact-covid-19-violent-extremism-and-terrorism

How Sophisticated are Terrorist Attacks on Passenger Rail Transportation

Mineta Transportation Institute | June 2020
Full Report: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP0520-Jenkins-Terrorist-Attacks-Passenger-Rail-
Transportation.pdf
Research Brief: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP0520-RB-Jenkins-Terrorist-Attacks-Passenger-Rail-
Transportation.pdf

An Exploration of Transportation Terrorist Stabbing Attacks (Security Perspective)

Mineta Transportation Institute | March 2019
http://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP0319-Terrorist-Stabbing-Attacks-Transportation.pdf

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Previously Shared in 2021
 
Vehicle-Borne Attacks: Tactics and Mitigation
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | December 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/NCTC-FBI-DHS_Vehicle-Borne_Attacks-
_Tactics_and_Mitigation-survey.pdf

Urea Hydrogen Peroxide (UHP): Indicators of Acquisition and Manufacturing and Considerations for Response
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | September 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Urea_Hydrogen_Peroxide_.pdf

Radiological Threat Awareness

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | September 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Radiological_Threat_Awareness.pdf

Terrorist Insider Threats

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | September 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/94s_-_First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Terrorist_Insider_Threat-survey.pdf

Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS): Recognizing Malicious Modification

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | September 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/First_Responders_Toolbox_-
_Unmanned_Aircraft_System_UAS-_Recognizing_Malicious_Modification-survey.pdf

Violent Extremists and Terrorists Exploit Civil Unrest and Public Assemblies in the United States
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | July 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/89s_-
_Violent_Extremists_and_Terrorists_Exploit_Civil_Unrest_and_Public_Assemblies_in_the_United_States-survey.pdf

Knockdown Gases: Dangers Indicators and Response

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | April 2020
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/
NCTC_DHS_FBI_First_Responders_Toolbox_Knockdown_Gases.pdf

Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP): Indicators of Acquisition and Manufacture and Considerations for Response
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | October 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/78--NCTC-DHS-FBI---Triacetone-Triperoxide-
(TATP)-.pdf

IED Manufacture Indicators

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | July 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/IED_Manufacture_Indicators.pdf

Multilayered Approach Can Help Mitigate Challenges Posed by Common HME Precursors and IED Components
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | May 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/70s_-
Multilayered_Approach_Can_Help_Mitigate_Challenges_Posed_by_Common_HME_Precursors_and_IED_Components-
survey.pdf

Bus Attacks Highlight Potential Tactics and Mitigation Efforts

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | April 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/
Bus_Attacks_Highlight_Potential_Tactics_and_Mitigation_Efforts.pdf

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Acid Attacks: Potential Opportunistic Threat and Rapid Treatment Awareness
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | October 2017
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/First-Responders-Toolbox---ACID-ATTACKS-
Potential-Opportunistic-Threat-and-Rapid-Treatment-Awareness.pdf

United States: Polarization and Violent Extremism

Instituto Spanish Institute for Strategic Studie | November 2020
http://www.ieee.es/Galerias/fichero/docs_investig/2020/DIEEEINV09_2020PILREQ_extremismoUSA-ENG.pdf

Imagining the Impossible: Insurgency in the USA

Naval Postgraduate Schoo | March 2011
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a543006.pdf

Guide to the Analysis of Insurgency

US Government | 2012
https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=713599

Deciphering the Second Wave of the American Militia Movement

Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right | January 2021
https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2021/01/07/carr-policy-insight-series-deciphering-the-second-wave-of-the-
american-militia-movement/

Evolution of Violent Extremists and Terrorist Threats on Social Media

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies | February 2020
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep26085

Social Unrest: Stress Test Scenario - Millennial Uprising Social Unrest Scenario
University of Cambridge - Centre for Risk Studies | October 2014
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/crs-millennial-uprising-social-unrest-stress-test-
scenario.pdf

Standing By - Right-Wing Militia Groups & the US Election

ACLED | October 2020
https://acleddata.com/acleddatanew/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/
ACLED_MilitiaWatch_StandingBy_MilitiaElection_2020_Final_Pub.pdf

Prohibiting Private Armies at Public Rallies: A Catalog of Relevant State Constitutional and Statutory Provisions
Georgetown Law - Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection | September 2020
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2018/04/Prohibiting-Private-Armies-at-Public-
Rallies.pdf

War on Pineapple: Understanding Foreign Interference in 5 Steps

DHS | June 2019
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0717_cisa_the-war-on-pineapple-understanding-foreign-
interference-in-5-steps.pdf

Report on the 2020 Protests & Civil Unrest

Major Cities Chiefs Association - Intelligence Commanders Group | October 2020
https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/mcca_report_on_the_2020_protest_and_civil_unrest.pdf

Domestic Terrorism and the Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Congressional Research Service | January 13, 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11573

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Cybersecurity Concerns Related to the Recent Breach of U.S. Capitol Security
Congressional Research Service | January 12, 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11572

Managing, Reducing, and Preventing Fear of Violence - Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

National Academies of Sciences | 2020
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26038/managing-reducing-and-preventing-fear-of-violence-proceedings-of-a

PTSD Employer’s Resource Guide

Public Services Health and Safety Association | 2016
https://www.firstrespondersfirst.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PTSD_EmployerGuide.pdf

Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin: First Responders: Behavioral Health
Concerns, Emergency Response, and Trauma
US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | May 2018
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dtac/supplementalresearchbulletin-firstresponders-may2018.pdf

Previously Shared in 2019 & 2020

 
Lone Offender Terrorism Report
FBI | November 2019
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/lone-offender-terrorism-report-111319.pdf/view

Security of Soft Targets and Crowded Places–Resource Guide

CISA | April 2019
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0424_cisa_soft-targets-and-crowded-places-resource-
guide.pdf

Soft Targets and Crowded Places Security Plan Overview

DHA | May 2018
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/DHS-Soft-Target-Crowded-Place-Security-Plan-
Overview-052018-508_0.pdf

DHS Action Guides - Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places - Mass Gatherings
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Mass%20Gatherings%20-%20Security%20Awareness%20for%20ST-
CP.PDF

DHS Action Guides - Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places - Vehicle Ramming
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Vehicle%20Ramming%20-%20Security%20Awareness%20for%20ST-
CP.PDF

DHS Action Guides - Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places - Active Shooter Attacks
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Active%20Shooter%20Attacks%20-
%20Security%20Awareness%20for%20ST-CP.PDF

DHS Action Guides - Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places - Chemical Attacks
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Chemical%20Attacks%20-%20Security%20Awareness%20for%20ST-
CP.PDF

The protection of critical infrastructures against terrorist attacks: Compendium of good practices
UN Office of Counterterrorism, UN Security Council, Interpol | 2018
https://www.un.org/sc/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Compendium_of_Good_Practices_Compressed.pdf

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“Smashing Into Crowds” -- An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming Attacks
Mineta Transportation Institute | November 2019
Full Report: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP-1119-Vehicle-Ramming-Attacks.pdf
Summary: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP-1119-RB-Vehicle-Ramming-Attacks.pdf

Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED): Preparedness, Recognition, and Response
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | July 2018
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/VBIED-Preparedness-Recognition-Response-
ONLINE-Version.pdf

Complex Operating Environment - First Responder's Toolbox - Shopping Malls

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | May 2018
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/Complex-Operating-Environment---Shopping-
Malls-2018.pdf

Complex Operating Environment - First Responder's Toolbox - Educational Facilities: Post-Secondary Institutions
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | June 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/
Complex_Operating_Environment_Educational_Facilities_PostSecondary_Institutions.pdf

Complex Operating Environment - First Responder's Toolbox - Healthcare Facilities

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | April 2018
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/First-Responders-Toolbox---Complex-
Operating-Environme.pdf

Complex Operating Environment - First Responder's Toolbox - High-Rise Hotel

Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team - First Responder’s Toolbox | November 2019
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/Complex_Operating_Environment_-
_Hotels.pdf

Metal Against Marchers: An Analysis of Recent Incidents Involving Vehicle Assaults at U.S. Political Protests and Rallies
Mineta Transportation Institute | October 2020
https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/SP1020-Metal-Against-Marchers.pdf

Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

DHS | July 2018
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/planning-considerations-complex-coordinated-terrorist-attacks.pdf

Characteristics and Targets of Mass Casualty Hate Crime Offenders

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism | November 2020
https://start.umd.edu/pubs/START_BIAS_MassCasualtyHateCrimeOffenders_Nov2020.pdf

Domestic Terrorism: Definitions, Terminology, and Methodology

FBI | November 2020
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-definitions-terminology-methodology.pdf/view

War, Terrorism, and Catastrophe in Cyber Insurance: Understanding and Reforming Exclusions
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | October 2020
https://carnegieendowment.org/files/Bateman_-_Cyber_Insurance_-_Final.pdf

Homegrown Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators

National Counterterrorism Center | January 2019
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-newsroom/nctc-resources/item/1945-homegrown-violent-extremist-
mobilization-indicators-2019

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Fire as a Weapon: Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places
DHS | 2018
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Action-Guide-Fire-as-a-Weapon-11212018-508.pdf

Mass Attacks in Public Spaces - 2018

US Secret Service | July 2019
https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/USSS_FY2019_MAPS.pdf

Violence in the Federal Workplace: A Guide for Prevention and Response

CISA | 2019
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/isc_workplace_violence_guide_-_2019_0.pdf

The Practitioner's Guide to the Galaxy - A Comparison of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague | September 2019
https://icct.nl/app/uploads/2019/09/ThePractitionersGuidetotheGalaxy-1.pdf

Communities Overcoming Extremism: The After Charlottesville Project, Final Report

https://www.adl.org/media/13685/download