3-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Draft of Operational Plan
Follow the Rubric for Milestone Two!!
Submit a proposal for investigative activities and include a balance sheet for required resources for consideration by your superiors. Use the executive summary, referred case data, and additional research to determine the next step in addressing the threat. Specify any intelligence gathering activities that need to be carried out before proceeding. Prepare a resource list that itemizes the human and financial resources needed for each activity and for the operation as a whole (rough estimates are sufficient). Identify and explain any legal and procedural issues that may have an impact on the activities you propose. Cite appropriate laws and research.
Handbook: Covert Investigative Techniques (pp. 1–4)
This resource describes the various types of covert investigative techniques which are commonly implemented by counterterrorism task forces.
This resource supports Milestone Two.
Article: International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation
While reading this article, students should focus on the various financial tools that can be used to track terrorist activity.
This resource supports Milestone Two.
Webpage: National Counterterrorism Center (Optional)
This webpage is an overview of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Students should explore the NCTC to determine the role of the organization and how they assist the counterterrorism mission.
Article: Inside the Informant File (Optional)
This article will give insight into using confidential informants and the necessary components of an informant file.
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Task Force Operational Plan
Action and Timeframe
The information available provides sketchy information related to the suspect’s purchases, which points to the possibility that he could be making a weapon of mass destruction at his house. From a speculative perspective, there are chances that he could be planning to detonate the weapon from his house. However, this is not sufficient information to act upon and proceed to make an arrest. In any case, it would be important to determine whether he could be working alone or with some accomplices. This would be critical in ensuring that the authorities do not close this case, to the extent of even incarcerating the suspect, only to later find out that he was only part of a larger group, and was distributing or training others on how they could launch an attack against the country.
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