All law enforcement officers know that informant/source development and handling is essential to identify, prevent and/or solve terrorist attacks on their community.

Law enforcement officers also know it is essential to understand the “mindset” and “belief structure” of any individual they are trying to recruit as a source of information.

This seminar is specifically structured to provide these skills to law enforcement officers recognizing that homeland security is local security.

The development of a “terrorist” informant is different in many ways from the development of general “criminal” informants. It is essential that law enforcement officers are provided the tools and tactics to target and recruit informants in this new evolving war with Jihadist terrorism.

Accordingly it is essential that the officer have a working knowledge of this belief base threat to understand and discuss the Jihadist justification for their actions based on the Jihadist interpretation of Islamic Doctrine.

Rules of Professional Conduct hold that professionals have a duty to be competent, and this includes the requirement to inform oneself of the subject matter by taking the necessary time to prepare oneself to a standard of preparedness necessary to provide successful responses to situations which may arise.

To respond against the Jihadist criminal and active measure operations, we have a professional responsibility to first understand the worldwide modern-day Jihadist movement, their mindset and motivation; and then understand how to fight the enemy.

This important course includes an honest, detailed background discussion of what the radicalization process teaches about Islam to potential jihadist recruits and how Islam is used by extremists to justify the Militant Jihadism. It examines the roots of Islam from its foundation by Mohammed’s first revelations in 610, through the pre-modern Jihadist era ending with dissolving of the Caliphate in 1924, to the modern Jihadist era.

The law enforcement officer developing informants must under have a working knowledge of the roots of the terrorist actions observed by today’s Jihadist such as the phenomena of “taqiyya”  and “kitman” or the role of deception by Jihadis will be illustrated and explored with examples.

The concept and importance of the meaning of “slander” within the Muslim context is also explored to provide additional understanding to the law enforcement officer concerned with Jihadist terrorism within their community.

This course will train Law Enforcement Officers how to:

• Identify, approach and recruit sources to identify, penetrate and report on the potential Jihadist problems within their jurisdiction.

• Provide the tools and tactics required to identify and develop counterterrorist informants/sources.

• Understand the differences between development of general criminal informants/ sources and the development of counterterrorism informants/ sources.

This course will provide you with an understanding of Jihadist Islamic Doctrine:

• A detailed knowledge of the process of radicalization and training directed against Muslims by Jihadists to recruit them to support or conduct acts of terrorism.

• The Jihadist interpretation of Islamic Doctrine and Law to justify terrorism.

• Tactics to use when talking to people within your community who are in a position to support law enforcement’s fight in the war on Jihadist Terrorism.

Why is this important?

In The Management of Savagery, senior Al-Qaeda strategic thinker Abu Bakr Naji (2006) calls for:

"Infiltrating the adversaries and their fellow travelers and establishing a strong security apparatus that is more supportive of the security of the [revolutionary Islamic] movement now, and later the [resultant Islamic] state. We should infiltrate the police forces, the armies, the different political parties, the newspapers, the Islamic groups, the petroleum companies (as an employee or as an engineer), private security companies, sensitive civil institutions, etc." He notes that this "actually began several decades ago," but adds, "we need to increase it in light of recent developments.

IN THE NEWS RECENTLY:

September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Ramzi bin al-Shibh had informed a military judge that they wished to die as martyrs, and all five men had refused their right to counsel, saying that they recognized only Sharia, or Islamic law.

"If I'm killed, I will be killed for the sake of Allah," bin al-Shibh said. "I've been seeking to be a martyr for years." "Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time," Mohammed told a military judge who warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. "I will, Allah willing, have this, by you."

• Do you know what words like martyrs and Sharia law mean in the Islamic context?
• Do you know why they wish to be martyrs?
• Do you know the basis of the doctrine which they follow?
• Do you know what Sharia law says and why they reject the US Constitution?
• Do you know why they invoke Allah?
• Do you recognize the meaning of Khalid's beard and why he wears white?
• Do you know the importance and clue of 'the right hand' when he said, "I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl."

This is just a small example of things you, as a professional, need to know in the fight against terrorists who killed 3,000 innocent Americans on 9/11. The attacks before and after 9/11 by Jihadists is long.