Terrorism the Objective of This Essay

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It is reported that there are two typical organizational structures that terrorist groups use: (1) networked; and (2) hierarchical. (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) the hierarchical structure organizations are those with a "well defined vertical chain of command and responsibility. Information flows up and down organizational channels that correspond to these vertical chains, but may not move horizontally." (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) a network structure is a "variation of several basic nodal concepts, a node being an individual, a cell, another networked organization, or even a hierarchical organization." (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) a terrorist network may be comprised by parts of other organizations including governments which act in a manner that can be exploited to achieve the goals of the organization. Three basic types of network structures exist: (1) chains; (2) hub; and (3) channel.
In the hub structure the outer nodes are reported to communicate "with one central node, which may not be the leader or decision maker for the network." (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) in the all-channel type structure it is reported that all nodes "are connected to each other." (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) the chain type structure has each node linking to the node next in sequence and communication between the nodes is by passing information along the line." (Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005) Therefore, depending upon the type of network structure of the terrorist group, it may or may not be effective to question Libyans or others living in the United States about the plans of the terrorist groups. Questioning of individuals in the United States concerning terrorist activities is not in and.....

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