Homeland Defense / Homeland Security Documents

Over the past few years, numerous committees, roundtables, etc., have met and generated reports, meeting minutes, and other documents on Homeland Defense / Homeland Security.

• One good source for government documents on Homeland Security is FindLaw, which has an online edition.

• The National Commission on Terrorism. "Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism", L. Paul Bremer, June 2000.

• The Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (Gilmore). "Second Annual Report to the President and Congress: Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism,", 14 December 2000, Executive Summary.

• Homeland Defense: A Strategic Approach by Joseph J. Collins and Michael Horowitz, Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2000.

• Defending America: Redefining the Concept of Homeland Defense from Second Senior Advisory Group Meeting, July 11th, 2000, held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The meeting report is on the Center for Strategic and International Studies web site.

Participants and Attendees at the Meeting included:

• Barry Blechman, President, DFI International
• L. Paul Bremer, Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
• David Chu, Vice President and Director, Arroyo Center, The RAND Corporation
• Major General Ron Dardis, Adjutant General, Iowa National Guard
• Dr. Ruth A. David,Ph.D., President and CEO, ANSER Analytic Services
• The Honorable Norman Dicks, U.S. House of Representatives
• GEN Wayne A. Downing, (USA, Ret.)
• John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS (Ex officio member)
• Edmund J. Hull, Principal Dep Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Dept of State
• Fred C. Ikle, Distinguished Scholar, CSIS
• Bill Johnstone, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Max Cleland
• Sir Laurence W. Martin, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS
• Phillip Odeen, Executive Vice President of Washington Operations, TRW
• The Honorable Pat Roberts, United States Senate
• The Honorable Ike Skelton, U.S. House of Representatives
• Bill Sutey, Leg Asst for National Security Affairs Ofc of Sen Charles Robb
• The Honorable Fred Thompson, United States Senate
• The Honorable Curtis Weldon, U.S. House of Representatives
• R. James Woolsey, Jr., Senior Partner, Shea & Gardner
• Dov S. Zakheim, CEO, System Planning Corp Intl, Advisor to the SAG

• To Prevail: An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism by Kurt M. Campbell and Michele A. Flournoy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2001.

• The United States Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart/Rudman). "Roadmap for National Security - Phase III Report," 15 February 2001, Executive Summary.

• Defending the American Homeland involves many contributors, including L. Paul Bremer III and Edwin Meese III (chairs) and Fred Ikle, Heritage Foundation Homeland Security Task Force, 2002.

• Protecting the American Homeland: A Preliminary Analysis by Michael O'Hanlon, Peter R. Orszag, Ivo H. Daalder, I.M. Destler, David L. Gunter, Robert E. Litan, James B. Steinberg; Brookings Institute.

• Georgetown University: U.S. Homeland Security (SEST - 513-01), Spring 2003 Course Syllabus: includes overview of course and lengthy list of reading material as well as references to documents.