Date:
10 November 2008
Author(s):
Juan Zarate (Combating Terrorism Directorate), Michael Allen (Counterproliferation Strategy Directorate)
Classification Level:
Secret/NOFORN
Citation:
National Security Council, Juan Zuarte, and Michael Allen, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism § (2008
Transition Memo:
Transition 4245 –Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism
Counterproliferation Policy
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Chronology for Major Counterproliferation Initiatives
Remarks by the President to Students and Faculty at National Defense University (May 1, 2001)
Remarks: President Discusses National Missile Defense (December 13, 2001)
NSPD-17: National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Remarks by the President on Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation (February 11, 2004)
December 2002 Unclassified National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Campaign Strategy (October 16, 2001)
Date: 1 May 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (Speech)
Description: Bush narrates the history of the bipolar, Cold War world. Bush states that America’s strategic situation has moved beyond that point and that America must have missile defenses to counter rogue states and maintain world peace. Bush announces the dispatch of delegates to allied capitals in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada to discuss missile defense.
Date: 13 December 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush announces withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, stating that it is irrelevant in a post-Cold-War context and hampers vital American missile defense development. Bush expresses the value of a new partnership with Russia in moving past treaty withdrawal.
Date: December 2002
Author(s): The White House (unsure)
Description: The document outlines U.S. strategies to combat weapons of mass destruction, including counterproliferation, nonproliferation, and mitigation. The document calls for WMD countermeasures to be incorporated into civil and military strategy as appropriate. Document further details ways in which these strategies can be implemented
Date: 11 February 2004
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush describes the A.Q. Khan network, including how penetrating the network was instrumental in preventing a nuclear-armed Libya. Bush celebrates this effort, as well as the invasion of Iraq, as important counterproliferation accomplishments. Bush offers additional proposals to increase the effectiveness of nonproliferation, including expanding the area of responsibility for the Proliferation Security Initiative, expanding funding for programs providing productive employment for former weapons scientists, and suspending nations under IAEA investigation from the IAEA board.
NSPD-21: Support for Inspections in Iraq
Chronology: Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
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President Announces Crackdown of Terrorist Financial Network (November 7, 2001)
Date: 7 November 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush applauds the Financial Crime Enforcement Network for its work on the War on Terror. Bush details progress in blocking dozens of terrorist individuals and organizations and international cooperation in these efforts.
Terrorist Financial Network Fact Sheet (November 7, 2001)
President Announces Progress on Financial Fight Against Terror (December 4, 2001)
Date: 4 December 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush announces the shutdown of the Holy Land Foundation. Bush describes the Foundation as a Texas-based charity scam claiming to fund Palestinians which, in reality, was illegally funding Hamas. Bush welcomes Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill to the stage at the end of his remarks.
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (December 3, 2001)
Date: 7 November 2001
Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
Description: The fact sheet details progress in the financial war on terrorism, detailing the crackdown (Tab 10) mentioned. The fact sheet highlights Executive Order 13224’s effect on terrorist entities. The fact sheet outlines international efforts against terrorist financing.
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Fact Sheet on Shutting Down the Terrorist Financial Network (December 4, 2001)
Date: 4 December 2001
Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
Description: The fact sheet details the shutdown of the Holy Land Foundation, as discussed in (Tab 13). The fact sheet specifies the history of Hamasanditsspecific ties to the Holy Land Foundation. The fact sheet also details other successes and initiatives in the financial war on terror.
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (December 13, 2001)
President Blocks More Assets in Financial War on Terrorism (December 20, 2001)
Fact Sheet on Day 100 of the War on Terrorism: More Steps to Shut Down Terrorist Support Networks (December 20, 2001)
Agenda and Related Attachments for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (June 20, 2002)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (June 20, 2002)
Summary of Conclusions for NSC Principals Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (July 23, 2002)
Agenda and Related Attachments for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing Priority Targets (July 31, 2002)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (July 31, 2002)
Agenda and Related Attachments for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Recommendations to Improve Training and Technical Assistance on Terrorist Financing (September 24, 2002)
Revised Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Meeting on Recommendations to Improve Training and Technical Assistance on Terrorist Financing (September 25, 2002)
Draft Memorandum on Action Plan on Saudi Arabia and Terrorist Financing to Principals for Deputies Review (December 23, 2002)
Date: 20 December 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush announces blacklisting of nuclear proliferation organization Umma Tameer-E-Nau (UTN), charged with providing nuclear weapon information to al Qaeda. Bush announces a new addition to the terrorist blacklist—the Lashkar-e-Tayiba(LET), which targets India and Pakistan. Bush states successes of the early stages of the War on Terror, such as humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, identification of terrorists, seizure of millions of dollars in funding, and the new Office of Homeland Security.
Date: 20 December 2001
Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
Description: The fact sheet details blacklistings detailed in (Tab 16). The document provides UTN’s history and dangers. The document also details LET’s history, past attacks, and dangers.
Date: 20 December 2001
Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
Description: The fact sheet details blacklistings detailed in (Tab 16). The document provides UTN’s history and dangers. The document also details LET’s history, past attacks, and dangers.
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Statement on Executive Order 13224 (August 22, 2003)
Date: 23 December 2002
Author(s): George W. Bush (statement)
Description: Bush states he has directed the Department of the Treasury to blacklist six top Hamas officials and five organizations reported to be supporting Hamas. Bush says that Hamas is clearly a terrorist organization and urges all countries to recognize it as such.
Progress Report on the Global War on Terrorism, Attacking Terrorist Networks at Home and Abroad (September 2003)
2003 National Money Laundering Strategy
Agenda and Related Attachments for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Status of Efforts to Combat Terrorist Financing (December 3, 2003)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (December 3, 2003)
Executive Order 13382: Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters (June 29, 2005)
Agenda and Related Attachments for NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing, including Strategy to Combat Terrorist Financing (May 25 and 31, 2006) (meeting began May 25, continued and concluded May 31, 2006)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (May 31, 2006)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Financing (July 31, 2002)
Summary of Conclusions of NSC Paper Deputies Committee Meeting on Terrorist Finance (March 1, 2007)
National Action Plan to Combat Terrorist Financing (March 1, 2007)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1822 (June 30, 2008)
Date: 18 November 2003
Author(s): United States Departments of the Treasury and of Justice
Description: The document highlights the need for federal, private, and other institutions to coordinate expertise and resources to fight sophisticated illicit money laundering, which the document labels essential to fighting terrorism. The document declares, among other goals, the intent to block and seize terrorist assets, target countries engaged in supporting terrorist money laundering, improve existing compliance and enforcement efforts, and boost federal-private cooperation.
Date: 30 June 2008
Author(s): Member states of the United Nations Security Council
Description: Resolution targets terrorist finances, demanding that all states take measures previously imposed by Security Council to sanction al-Qaeda-related individuals, materials, and entities within their borders or traveling through their borders. The resolution reiterates the previous UNSC resolutions targeting terrorist financing. The resolution reiterates support for UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The resolution includes other measures targeting terrorist financing.
Date: September 2003
Author(s): The White House
Description: The document declares progress in the War on Terror, namely the blocking of terrorist assets in the United States, denying al-Qaeda safety in Afghanistan, and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. Report details new legislation, border reforms, G-8 actions, international recruitment interdiction efforts, and domestic crackdowns. The document declares hundreds of millions of dollars were seized from terrorists, hundreds of terrorists arrested, and many killed. The document contains a detailed section on combating terrorist financing.
Date: 29 June 2005
Author(s): George W. Bush (executive order)
Description: Executive order amending the previous 1994 order aimed at stopping WMD proliferation. Executive order names a host of targets and specifies restrictions in transfer, pay, export, and dealing of WMD. The order gives the Secretary of State, in coordination with other relevant agencies, the authority to place on a watchlist with no prior notice
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