Social SciencesInternational LawPublic GovernanceLocal GovernmentSecurity StudiesTerrorism StudiesDefinitions Of TerrorismHomeland SecurityNational SecurityTerrorist OrganizationsConcept ClarityConceptual Definitions Of TerrorismHomegrown TerrorismInstitutional ArrangementsIntelligence StrategyLocal StrengthLocal Strength AnalysisNational Security Executive Authority
This Article aims to promote conceptual clarity about what role local officials ought to play as part of an overall intelligence strategy that conjoins elements of national and sub-national authority to practice “intelligence under law.” It emphasizes areas of comparative local strength as well as vulnerability, and suggests what a rightly conceived set of institutional arrangements ought to look like. Conceptual work of this sort is a necessary foundation for homegrown counter-terrorism to play a significant role in addressing homegrown terrorism.