Title Breaching the fortress wall : understanding terrorist efforts to overcome defensive technologies / Brian A. Jackson [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND Homeland Security, 2007.

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Description	1 online resource (xxviii, 153 pages) : illustrations, maps.
	data file rda
Series	Rand Corporation monograph series
	Rand Corporation monograph series.
Note	"Prepared for the Department of Homeland Security."
	"MG-481-DHS"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-153).
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Ch. 1: Introduction -- ch. 2: Palestinian terrorist groups -- ch. 3: Jemaah Islamiyah and affiliated groups -- ch. 4: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -- ch. 5: Provisional Irish Republican Army -- ch. 6: Conclusions: understanding terrorists' countertechnology efforts -- Appendix -- Bibliography.
Summary	The level of threat posed by a terrorist group is determined in large part by its ability to build its organizational capabilities and bring those capabilities to bear in violent action. As part of homeland security efforts, technology systems play a key role within a larger, integrated strategy to target groups? efforts and protect the public from the threat of terrorist violence. Terrorist organizations are acutely aware of government efforts to deploy these systems and actively seek ways to evade or counteract them. This study draws on relevant data from the history of a variety of terroris.
Subject	War on Terrorism (2001-2009) (OCoLC)fst01754980
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Technology.
	Security systems.
	Terrorism -- Prevention.
	Terrorism -- Prevention -- Case studies.
	Terrorism -- Case studies.
	National security.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
	National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
	Security systems. (OCoLC)fst01110883
	Technology. (OCoLC)fst01145078
	Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
	Terrorism -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst01148123
	Terrorismus.
	Bekämpfung.
	Sicherheitsmaßnahme.
Chronological Term	2001-2009
Genre/Form	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author	Jackson, Brian A., 1972-
	United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Other Form:	Print version: Breaching the fortress wall. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Homeland Security, 2007 0833039148 9780833039149 (DLC) 2006001721 (OCoLC)63125906
ISBN	9780833042477 (electronic bk.)
	0833042475 (electronic bk.)
Report No.	RAND/MG-481-DHS

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