Terrorism-related materials
July 8, 2005
Newsrooms everywhere are focused on the bombings in London and their
possible effects around the world. IRE offers resources about terrorism,
security, infrastructure and more.
Databases
To order data, call the Database Library at 573-884-7711 or download
an order form.
The U.S. government commits billions of dollars each year for securing
transportation systems. Here are some IRE and NICAR databases that
might help in your reporting:
Federal
Procurement Data System: Within this data are records of
contracts the federal government has made with businesses for transportation
and other homeland security work.
Consolidated Federal
Funds Reports: This database includes records of
federal money obligated to states, local governments, grants and
direct loans, including security-related programs.
Federal
Assistance Award Data System: This database includes
records of federal assistance relating to security-related grants
and other types of assistance dealing with the security of trucks,
buses, ports, rail systems and more.
To order data, call the Database Library at 573-884-7711 or download
an order form.
Stories
To order stories from the IRE Resource Center, send e-mail to
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at 573-882-3364.
Story
#20305: This series attempts to penetrate the terror networks
in Pakistan and Afghanistan that are at the heart of plots aimed
at causing havoc in Britain, the United States and elsewhere. The
series includes information on the top emerging terrorists responsible
for much of the bloodshed since 9/11. Authors: Paul Haven of The
Associated Press; Year: 2004
Story
#18902: Bob Simon provides an in-depth look in the September
11th attacks, the al Qaeda organization that has planned terrorist
attacks in the United States and other countries, and how retaliation
for terrorism played out across the globe. Authors: Bob Simon; Daggan
Mihailovich; George Crile of 60 Minutes (CBS News); Year: 2001
Story
#18620: This CBC Radio News documentary examines the link between
the al Qaeda terrorist cells in Europe and Canada. It reveals that
the FBI's initial portrayal of al Qaeda, as a scattering of independent
cells, was completely false. The reporters found that the key terrorists
in Canada had direct connections to European members of al Qaeda.
Authors: Kelly Ryan; Sandra Bartlet; Year: 2001
Story
#18986: The Denver Post sent reporters and photographers
overseas to compile this special report on terrorism which "describes
the troubling - sometimes chilling - circumstances that has made
so many countries incubators for terrorism." Authors: Bruce
Finley, Gwen Florio, Steve Lipsher, David Olinger; Year: 2002
Story
#19050: Nicholas Lemann of The New Yorker explores how
terrorism experts reacted after 9/11. The experts discuss what they
think needs to happen to put an end to terrorism. Lemann looks specifically
at what motivates terrorists and how those motivations play into
stopping global terrorism. Year: 2001
Story
#18770: The Los Angeles Times provides explanations for
the warning of terror threats in the US prior to 9/11, and explores
further insights following the September 11th attacks looking at
the methods and nature of those responsible. Findings include the
exposure of major terrorist threats in Western Europe and Bosnia.
Authors: Bob Drogin; John Meyer; Craig Pyes; William Rempel; Sebastian
Rotella; Stephen Braun; John-Thor Dahlburg; Mark Fineman; Lisa Getter;
Greg Krikorian; Eric Lichtblau; Robert Lopez; Alan Miller; Chuck
Neubauer; H.G. Reza; Paul Watson; Carol Williams; David Willman;
David Zucchino;Year: 2001
Story
#20723: This series looks at how Washington has waged war against
al Qaeda since 9/11 by paying over $20 million to friendly Muslim
security services. The stories also explore the roots of global
jihad and the links between organized crime and terrorism. Authors:
David E. Kaplan; Monica Ekman; Laurie Lande; Aamir Latif; Ilana
Ozernoy; Kevin Whitelaw of U.S. News & World Report;
Year: 2003
Story
#18559: Newsweek investigates the global reach of the
al Qaeda terrorist network. Authors: Mark Hosenball; Evan Thomas;
Joshua Hammer; Rod Nordland; Jeffrey Bartholet; Scott Johnson; Barbie
Nadeau; Christopher Dickey; Brad Stone; Year: 2001
Story
#20736: Jessica Stern traveled around the world to interview
terrorists. She discovered the personal and organizational factors
that promote killing for religious purposes. It is an in-depth study
of the motivational forces behind terrorism. Authors: Jessica Stern
of HarperCollins; Year: 2003
Story
#18792: An investigation by USA Today reveals that "federal
regulators failed to take action to address many of the weaknesses
terrorists exploited during the Sept. 11 attacks... despite warnings
and security breaches aboard hundreds of flights each year." Author(s):
Blake Morrison; Year: 2001
Story
#14233: These stories focus on the dramatic changes in terrorism
in the post-Cold War era, and how the U.S. government is responding.
The investigation reports on how terrorists are gaining access to
weapons of mass destruction. Author(s): David Kaplan, Douglas Pasternak,
Gordon Witkin, Mike Tharp, Mark Madden; Year: 1997
Story
#17326: American Radioworks reports that "On December 21, 1988,
270 people died in the worst-ever act of air terrorism against the
U.S. - the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Eleven years later, two alleged members of the Libyan Intelligence
Service are scheduled to face trial starting in February, 2000."
Author(s): John Biewen, Ian Ferguson, Christopher Joyce, Loren Jenkins,
Stephanie Curtis, Stephen Smith; Year: 2000
Story
#16709: After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the National
Security Council began investigating terrorists use of nuclear weapons
and nuclear waste materials. This American Spectator article
takes a look at the use of radioactive waste materials and the threat
they pose to the public. Author: John B. Roberts II; Year: 2000
Story
#18024: The New York Times provides a vivid account of
the birth and recent history of the modern jihad movement, which
was largely started by Arab millionaire Osama bin Laden in 1987
when he had a vision that "the time had come... to start a global
jihad, or Islamic holy war, against the corporate secular governments
of the Muslim Middle East and the Western powers that supported
them."
Author(s):Craig Pyes; Judith Miller; Stephen Engelberg; Year: 2001
Story
#10650: In the wake of the first World Trade Center bombing,
PBS investigates "the networks of Islamic extremists committed to
Jihad in America. For these militants, Jihad is a holy war, an armed
struggle to defeat nonbelievers or infidels. And their ultimate
goal is to establish an Islamic empire.... you will hear what these
militants say among themselves, and witness some of their secret
activities here on American soil. ..." Author: Steven Emerson; Year:
1994
Story
#12258: The New Yorker reports that "During the Afghan
war, the CIA helped create a militant network that is now linked
to the attack on the World Trade Center -- and on other American
targets. Author: Mary Anne Weaver; Year: 1995
Jihad
Story
#18979: David E. Kaplan of U.S. News & World Report
sheds light on the underground jihad movement in America. The 2002
story reveals that up to 2,000 Americans have fought in holy wars
around the world - Afghanistan, the Balkans, Kashmir and Chechnya
- since the early 1990s. "Most of the jihadists are Arab Americans,
but other are as diverse as America itself, and include native-born
whites, blacks, and at least one Puerto Rican," according to
the contest questionnaire.
Story
#20893: The New York Times reports that in the spring
of 2001, seven young Yemeni-American from Lackawanna, New York went
to Afghanistan to train for Jihad. What followed is one of the most
intense and high-profile terrorism cases since Sept. 11. The story
offers the perfect backdrop for a story about how terrorist cases
are pursued in the wake of the Patriot Act. Author(s): Matthew Purdy;
Lowell Bergman; Year: 2003
Story
#19779: The New York Times uses more than "5,000 pages
of documents found in training camps and safe houses in Afghanistan
to paint an unprecedented picture of how Al Qaeda functioned and
trained its recruits." Author(s): C.J. Chivers; David Rohde; Year:
2002
Story
#21529: In this Time magazine report, Bill Powell draws
from all over the Islamic world for this story. It profiles the
family of Mohammed Shakr, whose son is edging toward fundamentalism
and jihad. Powell takes a look at the "civil war" that has raged
within Islam for years, intensifying since 9/11. Powell finds that
"the number of Muslims expounding radical beliefs is clearly growing;
the global war on terrorism has fueled perceptions that Islam is
under attack; and America's war in Iraq has made it more difficult
for patient voices inside Islamic states to be heard." Year: 2004
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Tipsheets
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rescntr@ire.org or call us at 573-882-3364.
International Terrorism
Tipsheet
#1536
Descriptions of the activities and links to the Web sites of about
20 research organizations that can be helpful in reporting on other
countries' policies, terrorism and counter-terrorism, intelligence,
worldwide corruption, etc.
Tipsheet
#1534
Margot Williams provides a list of Web sites that offer international
data on terrorism.
Tipsheet
#2002
Some readily available databases that will considerably help a reporter
covering terrorism. From NICAR resources to AP resources to federal
sources, this tipsheet lists quite a few that will add a new depth
to stories about terrorism.
Tipsheet
#1963
This is a three-part tipsheet. The first part explains who is a terrorist,
the second part is about how today's terrorist groups operate, and
the third part gives a list of resources for covering terrorism
Tipsheet
#1168
This tipsheet consists of a list of contact names and organizations
to help reporters investigate terrorists and fringe groups.
Tipsheet
#1687
Nine useful tips on reporting on terrorism. Where to search, who to
approach, what to ask for.
Tipsheet
#1688
Five tips on dealing with terrorism in Italy and Web links to Trade
Registers in Italy, Switzerland and Bahamas
Tipsheet
#1580
This tipsheet offers a list of the Web sites of the organizations
involved in transportation security. It also includes some examples
of AP stories, in which these organizations have been used as sources.
International Reporting
Tipsheet
#1271
This handout contains a list of tips, Web sites and data to use when
conducting an international investigative reports.
Tipsheet #1037
According to the tipsheet, "While immensely helpful, you don't
need to have a global network of experienced investigators to internationalize
your story." This tipsheet contains an extensive list of links
for international reporters. The links also have brief descriptions.
Tipsheet
#1663
This tipsheet prepared for the 2002 IRE Annual Conference lists
sites with international information on a variety of beats.
Tipsheet
#1851
Iqbal Athas of the Sunday Times-Colombo has covered the conflict in
Sri Lanka despite numerous attempts by the government to control media
reports. It is a valuable read on the difficulties in covering terrorism
and the necessity to do so.
Tipsheet
#644
This package contains tipsheets for using CAR for international
reporting, a listing of paper and electronic sources, strategies
and sample stories. Audio tape is available - ask for tape #45.
Tipsheet
#499
The hazards of international reporting mark the extreme difficulties
investigative reporters face in telling the truth about corruption,
incompetence and criminal behavior. Audio tape is available - ask
for tape #IRE96-19.
Tipsheet
#247
"Sources for International Journalists" was compiled to
help reporters report on international issues from business to the
environment; includes computer databases, organizations and government
agencies with experts on certain topics and the name and number of
experts who could be valuable sources.
Tipsheet
#590
This tipsheet, from the Global Investigative Journalism Conference,
is targeted to international reporters who must report in areas
where journalism is not welcome. The tipsheet includes key advice
and tips for surviving as a journalist in a country where the press
is not protected or valued.
Tipsheet
#1271
This handout contains a list of tips, Web sites and data to use
when conducting an international investigative report.
Tipsheet
#1040
Covers three areas of interest regarding U.S. law and international
journalists' rights: libel, privacy, and access.
Tipsheet
#594
This tipsheet from The Indian Express provides background
about covering terror-related subjects in India. Includes a brief
history, and a lengthy description of how terror is operating in
India today.
Tipsheet
#201
This tipsheet from L'Expresso includes information about
covering international crime, as well as useful Internet links for
reporters.
Tipsheet
#147
Includes a list of useful links for reporting on international organized
crime. Categories of links include: general links, money laundering
links, drug links, crime syndicates links, and human trafficking
links
Tipsheet
#597
How to report under threatening conditions. Includes real-life examples,
problems, and solutions.
Tipsheet
#1927
How to deal with and cover extreme political organizations and movements.
Tipsheet
#1536
Noemi Ramirez of El Mundo provides tips for accessing and
using international databases. The handouts offers descriptions
of the activities and links to the websites of about 20 research
organizations that can be helpful in reporting on other countries'
policies, terrorism and counter-terrorism, intelligence, worldwide
corruption, etc.
Tipsheet
#2482
Reporters interested in making contacts in Europe will find Nils
Mulvad's tipsheet on EU journalism organizations and other IRE-like
European groups very helpful. He lists Web sites and gives information
on what you'll find at those sites.
Tipsheet
#1534
Margot Williams of The Washington Post provides a list of
web sites that offer international data on terrorism.
Tipsheet
#853
Extensive list of Web sites for the international journalist. Includes
sites for international reporting organizations and newspapers from
around the world.
Tipsheet
#2010
T he FOIA rule does not apply internationally, and Nils Mulvad,
the executive director of the Danish Institute for Computer-Assisted
Reporting, made this tipsheet to help reporters have an easier time
of acquiring international data. Also included is a list of Web
sites with international data.
Tipsheet
#1905
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists compiled
this collection of books and Web sites covering everything from
UN reports to private military companies, the arms trade and natural
resource exploitation.
Tipsheet
#1664
This is a list of Web sites that provide international data that
can be useful when reporting about national and international issues.
Tipsheet
#2032
IRE Executive Director Brant Houston lists several sources for obtaining
international databases, as well as sources about international
data from the IRE Resource Center. The end of this tipsheet also
highlights some databases available from the database library that
pertain to international data.
Tipsheet
#1038
This tipsheet from the Global Investigative Journalism Conference
details and explains how global reporting is now facing new legal
challenges. Depending on which country a journalists reports from,
he or she may face different rules and regulations.
Tipsheet
#599
"This study examines how the Internet has changed investigative
reporting around the world both as a newsgathering tool and as a
means of evading government censorship. As a tool for data collection
and cross-border journalistic collaboration, the internet has offered
modest positive changes for investigative reporters."
Tipsheet
#1421
This tipsheet from the International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists provides contacts for overseas reporters, includes resources
on how to track company operations across border lines, gives examples
of helpful databases and describes the importance of trade journals,
industry publications and court records.
Search
for more tipsheets in IRE's Resource Center.
To order tipsheets from the IRE Resource Center, send e-mail
to rescntr@ire.org or call
us at 573-882-3364.
IRE Publications
The Investigative Reporter's Handbook,
Brant Houston's Computer-Assisted
Reporting book and other helpful publications are available
from IRE and NICAR. IRE members can search
the indexes of The IRE Journal and Uplink. Back
issues of The IRE Journal and Uplink may be purchased
for $10 each. There is an additional $10 user fee for nonmembers.
Check with the Resource Center at 573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
for availability.
The Investigative Reporter's Handbook
includes a chapter, "Crossing Borders: International Investigations,"
offering a number of insights and lessons learned from journalists
tackling such stories.
The March-April
2005 issue of The IRE Journal focused on "The War at Home
and Abroad," with stories about Iraqis filing claims over alleged
abuses, killings; non-combat fatalities in the military; understanding
Islamic fundamentalism to tracking documents and people; using military
sources to report on a virus spreading in boot camps; and investigating
a group linked to terrorism in Missouri.
The March-April
2003 issue of The IRE Journal focused on "International
Investigations" with stories about the business of war; reporting
on war crimes; resources found on the CIA's World Factbook Web site;
and sources that can be used for international investigations. This
issue includes lots of good tips and resources for all kinds of international
investigations.
The March-April 2005 issue of Uplink spotlighted "The
War at Home and Abroad" with the following stories:
"Analysis shows feds' claims about charity," Jaimi
Dowdell, IRE and NICAR
"Peace accidents," Michael Fabey, Savannah Morning
News
"Big bucks flow to rural areas," Bert Dalmer, The
Des Moines Register
"Data for examining security spending," Jeff Porter,
IRE and NICAR
"IRE and NICAR resources for war, security coverage"
"Simple calculations show S.C.'s war burden," Chuck
Crumbo, The (Columbia, S.C.) State
The March-April 2003 issue of Uplink spotlighted "CAR
for Wartime" with these stories:
"Key data, resources for covering conflict," Brant Houston,
IRE and NICAR
"Tracking deportations by country of origin," Mark Bixler,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The January-February 2002 issue of Uplink spotlighted Terrorism
with these stories:
"Poor airport security," by Matt Carroll, The Boston
Globe
"CNN's Flight Risk," by Denise Prodigo-Hermann, Database
consultant
"In-depth online," by Mike Fish, CNN.com
"Access after attacks," by Jennifer LaFleur, St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
"Putting together the data puzzle," John Perry, The
Oklahoman
"Security problems," Paul D'Ambrosio, Asbury Park
Press
"Comparing foot traffic," James Wilkerson, The Morning
Call
"Tracking a suspect," Phil Williams, WTVF-Nashville
"Detailing identities," Richard J. Dalton Jr., Newsday
"War windfall," David Wethe and Michael Whitely, Dallas
Business Journal
"Meeting the data challenge," Justin Mayo and David
Heath, The Seattle Times
"Lessons from disaster," by Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR
"Fighting the airport," by Alan Judd and Maurice Tamman,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Other stories of interest from Uplink:
"Outsourcing: Finding overlap in public-private interests,"
by Catherine Rentz Pernot, IRE and NICAR (May-June 2005)
"Airport insecurity," by Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR
(November-December 2001)
"Building it from scratch: WTC victim database: by Paul Overberg
and Anthony DeBarros, USA Today (March-April 2002)
"Intranet tools and preparing for disaster," Tom Torok,
The New York Times (May-June 2002)
"Year after attacks, files still guarded," by Jennifer
Lafleur, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (September-October
2002)
"Rating cities' readiness to handle attacks," Mike Fish,
CNN.com (September-October 2002)
"FAA withholds data," Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR (September-October
2002)
"Finding backyard military contractors," Adam Bell,
The Charlotte Observer
IRE members can search
the indexes of The IRE Journal and Uplink. Back
issues of The IRE Journal and Uplink may be purchased
for $10 each. There is an additional $10 user fee for nonmembers.
Check with the Resource Center at 573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
for availability.
Web Links
National Memorial Institute
for the Prevention of Terrorism: Search by group, date or region.
Cybrary:
Criminal Justice Directory
British
Red Cross
Global
Security report on London attacks
Police Agencies
of the World: International Criminal Justice Links
CIA
World Factbook: Detailed information about each country with
many statistics and background notes.
American
Press Institute's Web page devoted to managing and reporting
a news crisis.
The Dart Center for Journalism
and Trauma: The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma's web
site has excellent resources for journalists covering disasters,
as well as useful information on emotional trauma as it effects
victims, survivors and journalists themselves.
U.S. Department
of Defense News page: This is the U.S. Department of Defense
News page and contains live press briefings, news releases, casualty
updates, contract updates (valued at $5 million or more), speeches
and press advisories.
Virtual
World of Intelligence : Annotated links to Information Warfare,
Government Secrecy, Covert Activities, Political Investigations,
Terrorists Profiles, UFO's, Intelligence Reports, Privacy on the
Internet, Citizen Militias, the Most Wanted, Drug Enforcement, and
more.
Annotated
Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of
Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001. This bibliography
compiled by Kevin D. Motes, a reference librarian at the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries, is a list of "information produced by the
United States Government concerning the events of September 11."
Some of this material is available on the Internet. The other material
may be obtained at a federal depository library. To find a federal
depository library in your area, click
here.
Center for Defense Information
World Press Institute
The WWW Virtual Library: International
Affairs
Private
International Law Database International
Public Record Office - UK International
Victims and the Media Program
Terrorism Information
Counter-Terrorism
Page: A summary of world-wide terrorism events, groups, and
terrorist strategies and tactics.
MILNET:
Chronology of worldwide terrorism, generally from 1968-1986. The
list contains terrorism and political violence events.
Report
of the National Commission on Terrorism: Countering the Changing
Threat of International Terrorism
This is the report by the United States National Commission on Terrorism
The
Terrorism Research Center's Links page: Links to terrorist attacks
investigations by national government agencies as well as to government
agencies.
U.S. General Accounting Office Terrorism
Reports: This link will search the GAO reports database for
reports about terrorism and list reports from Jan. 1, 1980, through
December 31, 2001. The most recent reports first are listed
first.
U.S.
Department of State: Background Information on Terrorist Groups:
This is a list of terrorist groups released by the Office of the
Coordinator for Counterterrorism in April 2001.
U.S
Department of State's List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
A listing of foreign terrorist organizations, as designated by the
U.S. Secretary of State, on October 8, 1999. Updated every two years,
the list is comprised of foreign organizations that engage in terrorist
activity and "threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national
security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests)
of the United States." See the Narrative Descriptions for an organization's
description as well as information on their activities, strength,
location/area of operation, and external aid. See also their report
on Patterns of Global Terrorism and recommendations for Overseas
Travel Security. The 1997 list is available here.
U.S.
Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism: Annual report
published each April by the U.S. Department of State. Includes overviews
of the main regions of the world and the entire global terrorism
picture, including descriptions of close to 100 terrorist groups
such as Aum Shinrikyo, Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA), HAMAS
(Islamic Resistance Movement), and The Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE).
U.S. Government Interagency
Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (CONPLAN): This
document, developed by several federal agencies, is designed to
provide overall guidance to local, state and federal agencies concerning
how the federal government should respond in the event of a potential
or actual terrorist attack.
Safety and Security
Web page for the Federal Transit Administration
News sites
There are thousands of media Web sites around the world and several
others that link to them, including:
BBC
coverage of the attacks
English
language newspapers in the Subcontinent and Middle East: This
a list of English language newspapers in the subcontinent and Middle
East. It also some European papers.
AJR has a searchable section
on world papers
Online Newspapers.Com
World News.Com
Kidon’s
Media-Link
World News Connection,
the foreign news service of the U.S. government that offers a for-pay
database, at reasonable and short-term rates, of translated news
stories from around the world.
www.foreignwire.com
compiles international news from a variety of sources and puts it
into a site that is easy to navigate.
Newsgroups on http://groups.yahoo.com/
can also be a good source to help a reporter find sources or stay
on top of a beat
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
limits its coverage to Eastern Europe and Russia but is a good source
on corruption, security and terrorism issues in the region with
ongoing coverage as well as newsletters on specific topics.
www.allafrica.com provides
coverage of news from the African continent, including links to
media from throughout Africa.
Global News Index
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