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2005 Reports

• Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat: Recommended strategic actions World Health Organization 2005 [PDF]
• WHO global influenza preparadness plan World Health Organization 2005 [PDF]
• Avian influenza frequently asked questions World Health Organization 2005 [MS doc]
• WHO global influenza preparadness plan World Health Organization 2005 [PDF]
• Pandemic Influenza Modelling UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Images- 1918 Influenza Pandemic UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• History of Influenza Pandemics UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Predicting the Impact- Avian Influenza UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Virology of Flu Viruses UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Containing the Pandemic Flu UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Explaining Pandemic Flu UK Department of Health 2005 [PDF]
• Avian influenza frequently asked questions World Health Organization 19 Oct 2005 [MS doc]
• Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Centers for Disease Control 17 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• UK Response to the Avian Influenza UK Department of Health Oct 2005 [PDF]


• Letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 9 Jul 2005 but released on 11 Oct 2005 -- Translated version of a letter between two senior al Qa'ida leaders, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, that was obtained during counterterrorism operations in Iraq. The letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi is dated July 9, 2005. The contents were released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on October 11, 2005, only after assurances that no ongoing intelligence or military operations would be affected by making this document public.
• Avian influenza UK Department of Health Sept 2005 [PDF]
• Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What you need to know Centers for Disease Control 18 Jul 2005[PDF]
• LAW VS. WAR: COMPETING APPROACHES TO FIGHTING TERRORISM by: Ms. Shawn Boyne, Mr. Michael German, Dr. Paul R Pillar, Dr. Dallas D. Owens, Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, July 2005 The authors address one of the fundamental assumptions underlying the conduct of the War on Terrorism - the nature of our enemy, whether perpetrators of terrorist activities are criminals or soldiers (combatants). Although the United States recognizes that terrorist acts are certainly illegal, it has chosen to treat perpetrators as combatants; but much of the world, including many of our traditional allies, have opted for a purely legalistic approach.
• Unclassified Executive Summary: Army Regulation 15-6: Final Report Investigation into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Detention Facility 09 Jun 2005 -- "This AR 15-6 investigation found only three interrogation acts in violation of interrogation techniques authorized by Army Field Manual 34-52 and DoD guidance. (...) The AR 15-6 found no evidence of torture or inhumane treatment at JTF-GTMO." [PDF]
• Koran Inquiry: Description of Incidents SOUTHCOM 03 Jun 2005 -- [PDF 365KB]

• Final Report: Assessment of Detainee Medical Operations for OEF, GTMO, AND OIF Office of the Surgeon General of the Army 13 Apr 2005 -- "On 12 November 2004, The Army Surgeon General, LTG Kevin C. Kiley, directed the Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, MG Lester Martinez-Lopez, to lead a multidisciplinary Functional Assessment Team (the Team) to assess detainee medical operations in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)." [PDF 7.85 MB]

• The U.S. Border Patrol: Failure of the Administration to Deliver a Comprehensive Land Border Strategy Leaves Our Nation’s Borders Vulnerable Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member, House Committee on Homeland Security, May 2005
• DHS’ Efforts to Develop the Homeland Secure Data Network Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, April 2005
• 10 Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Department of Homeland Security Must Do More To Fight Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member, House Committee on Homeland Security, April 19th, 2005
• Integrated Deepwater System - Report on the Revised Implementation Plan 14-Apr-2005 - Department of Homeland Security has approved a revised Implementation Plan for the Integrated Deepwater System and, with the strong support of the administration, forwarded it as a report to Congress on Mar. 25. Consistent with the President's FY 2006 budget and the Coast Guard's five-year Capital Investment Plan, this congressional report also presented the Deepwater assets the Coast Guard plans to deliver in each fiscal year through FY 2010.

• A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004 National Counterterrorism Center 27 Apr 2005 -- "The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) originally compiled this chronology of significant, international terrorist incidents in support of the Department of State’s publication “Patterns of Global Terrorism,” which was formerly used to fulfill the Department’s reporting responsibilities under Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(d). The Department has decided to submit a new report, “Country Reports on Terrorism,” in fulfillment of its reporting mandate. As the newly created “knowledge bank” of the U.S. Government on international terrorism, the NCTC is providing this original chronology for the American public." [PDF 2.83 MB]

• Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, US Dept. of State 27 Apr 2005 -- "U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism."
• Research: General Public Findings- Avian Flu UK Department of Health March 2005[PDF]
• Research: Health Professionals Findings- Avian Flu UK Department of Health March 2005[PDF]
• Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, March 2005, Office of the Inspector General Department of Justice
• Follow-Up Audit of Passenger and Baggage Screening Procedures at Domestic Airports (Unclassified Summary) Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, March 2005
• Review of the Transportation Security Administration’s Role in the Use and Dissemination of Airline Passenger Data Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, March 2005
• AN FBI INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT By Mike German - The FBI is unable to police itself because it maintains illegitimate, discredited internal investigation and disciplinary procedures, which make it impossible to identify and correct problems inside the agency. This is a critical deficiency that allows all other deficiencies to exist.
• Overview of Influenza Surveillance in the United States Centers for Disease Control 02 Feb 2005 [PDF]
• Implementation of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program at Land Border Ports of Entry Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, February 2005
• Centers for Disease Control Public Health Preparedness Conference 2005 - February 2005
  • Bringing Isolation and Quarantine Into the Modern Era Through Comprehensive Technical Assistance and Training Allison Hackbarth, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Laboratory Preparedness and Response to Terrorist Events Involving the Nation's Food Supply Balasubra Swaminathan, Centers for Disease Control
  • Epidemiological Investigation of a Ricin-Containing Envelope at a Postal Facility - South Carolina, 2003 Daniel Drociuk, South Carolina Department of Health and Envrionmental Control
  • Food Defense David Acheson, Food and Drug Administration
  • Food Safety and Food Security Diane Mandernach, Minnesota Department of Health
  • Texas-Mexico Public Health Preparedness and Response Program Francesca Kupper, Texas Department of State Health Services
  • Developing a Statewide Zoonotic Disease Surveillance System - The Massachusetts Approach Pat Kludt & Frederic Cantor, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • California's Multi-Jurisdiction Counter-Terrorism Community Education Exercise Janet Yuen, California Department of Health Services
  • Epidemiologic Preparedness and Response to Terrorist Events Involving the Nation's Food Supply Jeremy Sobel, Centers for Disease Control
  • Emergency Preparedness Across Borders Judy May, Washington State Department of Health
  • EWIDS: Infectious Disease Surveillance Across International Borders Lily Engstrom, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Building Epidemiologic Capacity in Wisconsin Lorna Will, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
  • Preparing Field Staff to Respond to Public Health Emergencies Melissa Marx, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • An Electronic System for Monitoring Persons in Isolation or Quarantine Richard Danilla, Minnesota Department of Health
  • The Future of Public Health Emergency Preparedness William Raub, Department of Health and Human Services
• Could Al Qaeda Win? Dan Plesch, Strategic Studies Course, UK Armed Forces, University of Cambridge - February 2005
• Review of the Port Security Grant Program Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, January 2005
• Avian Influenza: assessing the pandemic threat World Health Organization Jan 2005 [PDF 2.49MB]
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 03 Jan 2005 -- We, the undersigned, are retired professional military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces. We write to express our deep concern about the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General, and to urge you to explore in detail his views concerning the role of the Geneva Conventions in U.S. detention and interrogation policy and practice.