Denying Safe Havens: US Efforts to Counter Terrorist Threats

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Mark Koumans, recently made a statement before the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, regarding the government’s measures to counter worldwide terrorist threats and the safe havens of terrorist groups. Koumans’ full report is republished here for our readers: As set forth in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, preventing terrorist attacks against the United States and enhancing our nation's security have been and continue to be two of DHS's most important objectives. The Department's first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), released on February 1, 2010, reiterates that preventing terrorist attacks in the United States is the first of five primary missions for the homeland security enterprise. DHS also integrates preventing terrorism into the four other missions of the homeland security enterprise—securing and managing our borders, enforcing and administering our customs and immigration laws, safeguarding and securing cyberspace, and ensuring resilience to disasters of all kinds. The State Department defines terrorist safe havens as ungoverned, under-governed, or ill-governed areas of a country where terrorists that constitute a threat to U.S. national security interests are able to organize, plan, raise funds, communicate, recruit, train, and operate in relative security because of inadequate governance capacity, political will, or both. Safe havens provide security for terrorist leaders, allowing them to plan acts of terrorism around the world. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004 requires the State Department (DOS) to include in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism the identification of terrorist safe havens. Further, the 2004 IRTPA and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2010 requests that the President submit reports identifying U.S. efforts to deny terrorist safe havens. DOS identifies terrorist safe havens in its Country Reports on Terrorism, and in its most recent report, issued in August 2010, DOS identified 13 terrorist safe havens. To prevent threats and reduce risk, DHS works closely with DOS and other departments and agencies to protect the homeland and U.S.

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