Final Paper Assignment

Introduction

 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has attracted global supporters and affiliate groups in other countries and as a result, the group has the power and effort to conduct transnational terrorism. ISIS is a strong terrorist group that uses strategies and tactics to pose a significant danger. ISIS terrorists are nontraditional enemies; meaning that they do not use traditional ways during the operation but they employ modern tactics. Note that ISIS has a hierarchical military command that enables it to act as a military. It also has an effective organizational structure including centralized decision making, making it easier to adapt to the changing situations and achieve its territorial objective. Another important thing to understand is that the ISIS has increased its territorial force by the use of sleep cells.  Note that ISIS's objective is ‘to remain and expand', and it continues to expand its operations beyond Ira and Syria. The ISIS has spies or sleep agents stationed in different regions of the world doing espionage work. Thus, ISIS has become a global actor and it is using a global strategy. Thus, the U.S should adopt strategic options to degrade and defeat the terrorist group. The research paper has found that intelligence gathering is the best approach to address ISIS threats. The approach does not punish past crimes but it focuses on understanding the future by gathering information and analyzing numerous data and investigating a crime. The information is derived from police reports, public records, internet, court records, self-published books, television broadcast, among other sources. The information is helpful since law enforcement will be in a position to make an informed decision, and understand different crimes and terrorism.  Thus, the Central Intelligence Agency should be in the forefront to maintain national security and identify an intelligence issue through collecting the information and come up with countermeasures.  To gather effective information, it is recommended that the surveillance process require security apparatus or sophisticated tools so that people can collect the appropriate information and protect sensitive information. The U.S. intelligence community should focus on using the approach of intelligence gathering and employ a new intelligence system to respond to the ISIS transnational terrorist attacks and reduce the ISIS threats. Intelligence gathering will protect the nation's borders, and more importantly, improve the emergency responses.

  ISIS is the deadliest terrorist group in the world. The group is known to control Syria and Iraq but today, ISIS is beyond these territories. Today, the group has grown dangerously and it has increased the real threat in the Soviet states and beyond. The terrorist group remains capable of attacking other countries by the help of sleeper cells.  The latter is increasing attacks and this is the main challenge as to why the U.S is unable to fight terrorism. The research paper has found that ISIS has employ sleep cells or agents in different target countries. Their role is to act as spies and deep cover agents and to share the information with the sponsors. They live like a normal citizen since they acquire jobs, get married, and build identities. To complete their mission, the ISIS provides the sleep cells with propaganda materials through social networks with the aim of attracting media attention and enemies. Today, it is hard-to-detect global terrorism since the terrorist groups are using underground terror networks which enables them to exploit modern technologies and cause violent attacks. Thus, modern technology, as well as the sleeper cells, are making it hard to attack the terrorists despite the security measures.  To mitigate these challenges, and degrade the ISIS, there is a need for effective counter-terrorism strategies.  Note that ISIS is underestimated and this makes it hard to identify and address the challenges posed by the terrorists.  The effort to combat the terrorists should not come from the federal officials only, but the law enforcement from both state and local level, the corporate managers, the public health, among other stakeholders should be in the forefront to prevent attacks.  To combat terrorist threats efficiently and successfully, the research paper recommends the intelligence-led policing. The U.S and other countries have used various methods such as problem-orientated policing and community-orientated policing. Even though these methods have strengths, the major weakness is that they focus on a local area. Thus, it is important to apply the intelligence-led policing to address more serious threats. To respond to crimes, law enforcement agencies should employ the approach of intelligence gathering to collect information and make a sound decision. The information collected will enable them to analyze crime, conduct effective investigations, and understand the crime patterns and criminal behaviors. The law enforcement should be involved in strategic intelligence to understand the criminal environment, set objectives, policy and allocate resources and strategies toward reducing threats posed by the terrorists. It is also recommended that the policymakers should come up with a new system for gathering national security information in order to improve security and maintain privacy. There should be a proper use of information technology and procedures to foster collaboration, ensure accountability, and share the right information with the right people.