Update
EPO 5: ID terrorist attack cycle & how targets are chosen -Project initiation: leaders
initiate op/discuss targets
-Target assessment/selection: eval targets for likelihood of success
-In-depth surveillance: riskiest phase because of exposure. Less experienced personnel used.
Monitor routines/security.
-Planning/rehearsal: tactics selected. Plan validated
-Plan verification: resumes surveillance professionally, watches target for changes in activity.
-Execution/exploitation: plan carried out, incident exploited
Types of targets selected: Intermodal (transportation-cruises/metro), National monuments (statue
of liberty), Fed facilities (courthouses/post office), Large gatherings (concerts).
EPO 6: Define Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) & ID ways terrorists recruit people -
CVE: efforts to better understand violent extremism & assess threat, strengthen community
relations that may be targeted for recruitment and deter recruitment.
-Goal=Understand VE, improve comm-relations, deter VE
, -3 stages of radicalization= Radicalization (come to believe actions are justified due to
frustration), Mobilization (active support/trained), Action (ready to carry out attack)
EPO 1: ID the info an adversary will try to get out of a target -Assess target value,
security measures, vulnerabilities, resources needed, time of attack, profile of place/people
working there, employee routines
EPO 2: ID facility weaknesses and places an adversary can use for surveillance -Physical
security weaknesses=security/police force size, lack in alarms, cameras, lighting
-physical structure weaknesses=no man made/natural concealment (bushes), building close to
street, parking areas not secure, construction materials, bad bollard spacing.
-Access to facility easy (no searches)
-Adversary looks for places with cover(reason to be there)/concealment/access/good view of
target/
EPO 3: ID signs surveillance is being done on a gov facility -TEDD (Time theyre there,
Environment, Distance, Demeanor)
-same person repeatedly in the same area with no real reason
-rule of 3: 3 or more sightings separated by time and distance confirms surveillance