Background:
• Afghanistan
• Airplane and Airport Security
• Osama bin Laden / Al-Qaida
• Financial Markets
• Hate Crimes

• Homeland Defense
• Military Service
• Military Tribunals
• Terrorism

Military Service

The White House:
• Executive Order: Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty And Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense And the Secretary of Transportation Sep 14, 2001
  
  United States Air Force:
• Law Ensures Reservists Have Employment, Reemployment Rights Covers the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. By Staff Sgt. Leslie McCoy. Jun 1999
• Civil Relief Act Provides Protection for Reservists Serving on Active Duty Reviews the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940/ From Citizen Airman. Jun 1999.
  
  United States Army:
•   Revised U.S. Army Field Manual 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations
• The Army and Homeland Security: A Strategic Perspective By Antulio J. Echevarria II. (PDF) Mar 2001.
• Assymmetric Warfare: Is the Army Ready? Analyzes asymmetric warfare to see how it affects the United States Army, whether the Army is doing or can do anything about it, and, finally, whether the Army is ready for a "new" old threat - asymmetric warfare. By Robert H. Allen, Army Management Staff College.
• Commentary: The Asymmetric Threat Discusses how current Army doctrine fails to address the asymmetric threat to at-risk, high-value logisticts assets. By Cadet First Class Michael L. Kolodzie, USMA. From Army Logistician, Jul - Aug 2001
• Back to the Future with Asymmetric Warfare By Vincent J. Goulding, Jr. From Parameters, US Army War Quarterly, Winter 2000-01.
  
  United States Coast Guard:
• Facts for Employers about Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Covers reemployment rights, notice, leaves of absence, disabilities, employment discrimination and more.
• Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) Discusses some protections offered by the SSCRA, including reduced interest rates, stays of civil court proceedings, lease terminations, and more.
• Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 Provides Coast Guard Personnel Manual Chapter 16.A., which covers the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, its purpose, its general provisions, how the Act affects military members, rent, installment contracts, mortgages, liens, assignments, leases, insurance, taxes, and more.
  
  Congress:
• S. J. Res. 23: Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Those Responsible for the Recent Attacks Launched Against the United States (Enrolled Bill) Sep 14, 2001
  
  Congressional Research Service:
• War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance By Richard F. Grimmett, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division. Sep 11, 2001
• Terrorism and the Military's Role in Domestic Crisis Management: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF) By Jeffrey D. Brake, National Defense Fellow, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. Apr 19, 2001
  
  Department of Defense:
• Pentagon: Initial Damage Assessment (PDF) Sep 14, 2001
• Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Provides Umbrella of Protection By Paul Stone, American Forces Information Service. Summarizes benefits available to reserves called to active duty, including reduced interest rates on mortgage payments, reduced interest rates on credit card debt, protection from eviction, and more. Apr 1999
• Guide to Reserve Family Member Benefits Covers benefits for military family members, including ID cards, medical benefits, commissary, exchange, and morale, welfare and recreation benefits, child care, legal assistance and more.
  
  Department of Labor:
• A Non-Technical Resource Guide to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Covers employment and reemployment rights, how the law is enforced, a service member checklist and an employer obligations chart. Feb 2001.
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) Advisor Helps veterans understand employee eligibility and job entitlements, employer obligations, benefits and remedies under the Act.
• Small Business Handbook: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Discusses who is covered, basic provisions, requirements, employee rights, and assistance available.
  
  The Estimate: Political & Security Intelligence Analysis of the Islamic World and its Neighbors
• “Asymmetric Warfare”, The USS Cole, and the Intifada Comments on asymmetric warfare, the new intifada and the military options available to both sides, and the attack on the Cole and its implications. From Volume XII, No. 22. Nov 3, 2000
• Asymmetry Mismatch Between Israeli and Palestinian Tactics is a Classic Case of the Problems of “Asymmetric Warfare” From Volume XIII, No. 15. Aug 24, 2001
  
  General Accounting Office:
• Chemical and Biological Defense: Improved Risk Assessment and Inventory Management Are Needed (PDF) Sep 28, 2001
  
  Ginnie Mae:
• Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act Issuers that have lost money because they granted relief under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) of 1940 may seek reimbursement from Ginnie Mae.
  
  Hoover Institution:
• Covert Operations, Now More Than Ever Discusses the use of covert operations as a less costly, more humane, and more effective form of warfare. By Thomas H. Henriksen. From Hoover Digest, 2000, No. 2.
  
  Journal of Homeland Security:
• National Security Roles for the National Guard By COL Michael P. Fleming. Aug 2001
  
  National Association of Federal Credit Unions:
• Recapping the Solders' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Discusses a credit unions obligations under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act. Includes statutory requirements, statute excerpts, questions and answers, and more. Apr 1999
  
  National Committee of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR):
• Frequently Asked Questions for Employers Provides Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) facts, questions and answers on employment discrimination, military leaves of absence, reinstatement, reemployment, and more.
• Frequently Asked Questions for National Guard and Reserve Members Provides Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) facts, questions and answers on employment discrimination, job protection, remployment and reinstatement rights, pensions, health insurance benefits and more.
• Tips for Employers Factsheet Offers suggestions on how employers can help the National Guard and Reserve.
• Tips for Reserve Members and Military Commanders to Improve Employer Support Factsheet Provides suggetions on how to promote employer support through effective communication.