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HOMELAND SECURITY - SECURING AGRICULTURE

Terrorism, its nature and sources
Terrorist groups, incidents, targets
Financial Aspects
Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Counter-terror strategy & programs
US War on Terror:
     Plans, Costs, Effects
Legal Issues & Human Rights
Terrorism & WMDs
Terrorism & Informational Warfare
Terrorism &
     regional security issues
Sept. 11 attack
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Overviews
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Armed forces roles and issues
Intelligence and warning
General Transport
Aviation
Rail & Road
Port & Maritime
Border & Immigration
Critical infrastructure
Cyber security
First responders &
     local preparedness
Health system preparedness
Securing agriculture
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Technology & techniques
Legislation & legal issues
WMDs and homeland security
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A Safe and Bountiful Harvest: How to Ensure America's Food Safety
Daniella Markheim and Caroline Walsh. The Heritage Foundation, 10 January 2008 (.pdf file).

The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress
Dana A. Shea, Jim Monke and Frank Gottron. Congressional Research Service, updated 15 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness
Jim Monke. Congressional Research Service, updated 12 March 2007 (.pdf file).

Agroterrorism - Why We're Not Ready: A Look at the Role of Law Enforcement
National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, December 2006 (.pdf file).

Biosecurity: The Next Public Policy Imperative for Canada and the World
Peter Stoett. Options Politiques, February 2006 (.pdf file).

Modeling Attacks on the Food Supply
PNAS, National Academny of Sciences of the USA, 12 July 2005 (.pdf file).

Preventing Armageddon II: Confronting the Specter of Agriterror
Barry S. Zellen. Strategic Insights, December 2004 (.pdf file).

The Office of Science and Technology Policy Blue Ribbon Panel on the Threat of Biological Terrorism Directed Against Livestock
Terrence K. Kelly, et al. Rand Corporation, April 2004 (.pdf file).

Invasive Threats to the American Homeland
Robert J. Pratt. Parameters, Spring 2004 (.pdf file).

Hitting America's Soft Underbelly:  The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the US Agricultural and Food Industry
Peter Chalk. Rand Corporation, 2004.

The Bio-Terrorist Threat to Agricultural Livestock and Produce
Peter Chalk. Testimony presented before the Government Affairs Committee of the United States Senate. Rand Corporation, November 2003.

Bioterrorism:  A Threat to Agriculture and the Food Supply
Lawrence J. Dyckman. Testimony before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, US Senate, 19 November 2003.

Growing Threat:  agriculture at risk (scroll down)
Katherine McIntire Peters. Government Executive, 15 June 2003.

Homeland Security in America's Dairyland
Benjamin Heath. Nonproliferation Review, Fall/Winter 2002.

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