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combating terrorism

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Actions, including antiterrorism (defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist acts) and counterterrorism (offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism), taken to oppose terrorism throughout the entire threat spectrum. Also called CBT. See also antiterrorism; counterterrorism.

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Additionally, our National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism (NMSP-WOT)--the most comprehensive military strategy we have for combating terrorism is tailored exclusively to Al-Qaeda and its "affiliated movements.
That strategy is mapped out in The Management of Savagery, a 268-page document written by al-Qaeda insider Abu Bakr Naji and recently published in an English translation by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
In follow-up reporting, The Washington Post revealed that CIFA--which receives zero congressional oversight--has control over 4,000 or so military investigators, compared to the roughly 5,000 FBI agents tasked with combating terrorism.
 
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