2012 Security Reports
- September 11-12, 2012 Benghazi Attack Accountability Review Board Report Accountability Review Board Released 19 Dec 2012 Unclassified Version -- Pursuant to Title III of the Omnibus Diplomatic and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, 22 U.S.C. § 4831 et seq., (the “Act”), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton convened an Accountability Review Board (ARB) for Benghazi to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11-12, 2012, killings of four U.S. government personnel, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, in Benghazi, Libya. A series of attacks on September 11-12, 2012 involving arson, small-arms and machine-gun fire, and use of rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), grenades and mortars, focused on two U.S. facilities in Benghazi, as well as U.S. personnel en route between the two facilities. In addition, the attacks severely wounded two U.S. personnel, injured three Libyan contract guards and resulted in the destruction and abandonment of both facilities – the U.S. Special Mission compound (SMC) and Annex. [PDF]
- Insanity: Four Decades of U.S. Counterdrug Strategy Authored by Lieutenant Colonel Michael F. Walther. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College December 2012
- The Impact of President Felipe Calderón's War on Drugs on the Armed Forces: The Prospects for Mexico's "Militarization" and Bilateral Relations Authored by Dr. George W. Grayson. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College December 2012
- Jihadist Cells and "IED" Capabilities in Europe: Assessing the Present and Future Threat to the West Authored by Dr. Jeffrey M. Bale. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College November 2012
- Russia's Homegrown Insurgency: Jihad in the North Caucasus Edited by Dr. Stephen J. Blank. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College October 2012
- Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and Criminalized States in Latin America: An Emerging Tier-One National Security Priority Authored by Douglas Farah. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College August 2012
- Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, US Department of State Released 31 Jul 2012
- Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined? by Don Rassler, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Liam Collins, Muhammad al-Obaidi, Nelly Lahoud Combating Terrorism Center at Westpoint 03 May 2012 -- This report is a study of 17 de-classified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid and released to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). They consist of electronic letters or draft letters, totaling 175 pages in the original Arabic and 197 pages in the English translation. The earliest is dated September 2006 and the latest April 2011. These internal al-Qa`ida communications were authored by several leaders, most prominently Usama bin Ladin.
- 2012 National Drug Control Strategy Office of National Drug Control Policy Released 17 Apr 2012
- Enabling Unity of Effort in Homeland Response Operations Authored by Lieutenant General (Ret.) H Steven Blum, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Kerry McIntyre. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College April 2012
- Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability Authored by Dr. Phil Williams, Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College April 2012
- Delegitimizing Al-Qaeda: A Jihad-Realist Approach Authored by Dr. Paul Kamolnick. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College March 2012
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