Threat Assessment Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA)

The September 11, 2001 World Trade Center bombing brought a new face of terrorism, not just to the United States but also to the entire world. Although terrorist atrocities have existed way back in early part of the twentieth century, it was only during that fateful day that the world came to know a different level of terrorism. Section 2656f of Title 22 of the United States Code defines terrorism as premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents. Furthermore, a terrorist group is any group practicing, or which has significant subgroups which practice, international terrorism.1In response to the 911 attacks, then President George W. Bush steered the United States into a historic campaign against terrorism and violent extremism, known as the Global War on Terror, or GWOT. To further these efforts, he signed into law anti-terrorism measures to aid law enforcement in monitoring and intercepting terrorist organizations and preempt any plannedatrocities.2 This would start the US global effort in tracking down foreign terrorist organizations, not only those closely tied to those who carried out the 911 attacks, but also those sowing terror worldwide.