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7 Nat'l Sec. L. Brief 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/natislaw7 and id is 1 raw text is: STRENGTHENING SECTION 702 STRENGTHEN SECTION 702: A CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL VITAL TO THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTRY DEBORAH SAMUEL SILLS* The rising globalization of terrorist organizations and their ever more sophisticated abilities to reach people throughout the world has deepened the threat of terrorist activities both in the United States and abroad. Recent events show that terrorist groups overseas have influenced homegrown terrorist acts in the United States.' Many of these same overseas terrorist * Intelligence Community Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, attorney with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and former Counsel to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board. The views expressed in this article are my personal views and do not necessarily represent the views of any person or entity, including the United States Government. Nothing in the contents of this article should be construed as implying United States Government authentication of information. I especially would like to thank Professor David Koplow for his insightful guidance and encouragement throughout the drafting process. I would also like to thank Professor Laura Donohue, Judge James Baker, Professor James Zirkle, Professor William Buzbee, Tina Zimmerman, Robert Litt, my colleagues, particularly Karen Davis Miller, my husband, Jonathan Sills, and the members of the Georgetown Law Summer Workshop Group for their valuable and helpful comments. I am grateful to Professor Donohue and Susan Gibson for creating the fellowship program between Georgetown University Law Center and the United States Intelligence Community. I appreciate the dedication of the members of the editorial staff of the National Security Law Brief, American University Washington College of Law, particularly Ayat Mujais, for their meticulous review of this article. 1 Sarah Frostenson, Most Terrorist Attacks in the US are Committed by Americans - Not Foreigners, Vox (Sept. 9, 2016) (Homegrown terrorism commonly refers to terrorist acts committed by a government's own citizens.). See Marc Santora, William K. Rashbaum, Al Baker and Adam Goldman, Abmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings, NEW YORK TIMES (Sept. 19, 2016), http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions- ahmad-khan-rahami.html; (reporting that on September 17, 2016, Ahmad Khan Rahami set off two bombs in New York City and Seaside Park, New Jersey, injuring 29 people); see also Marc Santora and Adam Goldman, Abmad Khan Rahami Was Inspired by Bin Laden, Charges Say, NEW YORK TIMES (Sept. 20, 2016), http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/nyregion/ahmad-khan- rahami-suspect.html (reporting that, according to a criminal complaint, Rahami was inspired by international terrorists and was charged with several criminal offenses including use of weapons of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use); see also Mitch Smith, FB.I Treats MinnesotaMal Stabbing Attack as 'PotentialAct of Terrorism, NEWYORK TIMES (Sept. 18, 2016), http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/1 9/us/police-shoot-attacker-in-minnesota-mall- after-8-are-stabbed.html (noting that on September 17, 2016, ISIS claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall, in which nine people were injured); see also Asher Klein and Cathy Rainone, Who is Omar Mateen, Gunman in America's Deadlest Mass Shooting? NBC4 NEW YORK (June 12, 2016), http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Who-Omar- Mateen-Suspected-Florida-Nightclub-Gunman-382619981.html (describing that Omar Mateen, Vol. 7, No. 1 1

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