Counterterrorism

military units trained to conduct special operations

thumb|GIGN operators in 2015. GIGN is the counterterrorist tactical unit of the [[National Gendarmerie of France.]] Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts, private-sector organisations.

organization

The Department of State Security (), commonly known as the Securitate (, ), was the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was founded on 30 August 1948 from the Siguranța with help and direction from the Soviet MGB.

armed group that conducts extrajudicial killings

thumb|Two United States soldiers and one South Vietnamese soldier waterboard a captured North Vietnamese prisoner of war near [[Da Nang. Published on the front cover of The Washington Post on 21 January 1968.]] Waterboarding or controlled drowning is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the person to experience the sensation of drowning. In the most common method of waterboarding, the captive's face is covered with cloth or some other thin material and immobilized on their back at an incline of 10 to

unlawful secret disappearance

intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population

form of assassination carried by governments against their perceived enemies

former name for the Bulgarian secret service

Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs, as a more peaceful and rational alternative, or as a less benign adjunct, to warfare.

war that is initiated in an attempt to deal with an expected attack before that attack materializes

covert law enforcement or counter-terrorist agent

Belgian intelligence and security agency

proactive prevention against computer hacking

person held in detention whose identity has been hidden

Office of the United Nations Secretariat in Charge of Counter-Terrorism

massacre perpetrated by the Grupo Colina

diplomatic meeting

convention

Chinese political slogan

form of surveillance, such as wiretapping

extensive and thorough search for a wanted fugitive

organization

former United States law

book by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

1955 military operation