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Countering Violent Extremism: Reference Documents

Documents obtained from Freedom of Information Act Requests for the Countering Violent Extremism report.

Published: March 16, 2017

Freedom of Information Act Documents Referenced in the Report

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Intelligence & Analysis, Dep’t of Homeland Sec., IA-0214–15, (U//FOUO) Empowering Somali [redacted] Key for Countering Youth Radicalization and Their Travel Abroad for Terrorism (June 16, 2015)

Dep’t of Homeland Sec., DHS CVE Inventory [Draft] (Aug. 1, 2014)

Department of Justice

Fed. Bureau of Investigation, (U//FOUO) ASAC Conference – Countering Violent Extremism Training (Aug. 13, 2015)

Countering Violent Extremism Office, Fed. Bureau of Investigation, FBI Strategic Plan to Curb Violent Extremism (declassified March 2015) 

Memorandum concerning the White House CVE Summit (unclassified on Feb. 25, 2015)

Cooperative Agreement #2014-CK-WX-K043 between Ronald L. Davis, Dir., Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and Hedieh Mirahmadi, President, World Organization for Resource Development and Education (last updated Oct. 2014) 

World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ., Topic and Program Outcome Identification and Justification (2014)

Subaward Agreement for “Countering Domestic Violent Extremism” between WORDE and Montgomery County Maryland (2014)

Letter from Ronald L. Davis, Dir., Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Justice to Hedieh Mirahmadi, President, World Organization for Resource Development and Education concerning Cooperative Agreement# 2014CKWXK043 (Oct. 1, 2013)

Fed. Bureau of Investigation, 0575DPG, Community Outreach in Field Offices Corporate Policy Directive and Policy Implementation Guide (March 4, 2013)

(U//FOUO) Fed. Bureau of Intelligence, (U//FOUO) Decade in Review: Self-Selecting US Persons Drive Post-2006 Increase in Anti-US Plotting (March 7, 2011)

National Counterterrorism Center

Nat’l Counterterrorism Center, U//FOUO: (U) Radicalization Dynamics: A Primer (2010)

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Police Dep’t, Countering Violent Extremism: Expanded Course Outline Version (2011)

Countering Violent Extremism: Outreach Strategy Workbook Executive Session for State, Local and Tribal Law Enforcement (2011)

Los Angeles Police Dep’t, Countering Violent Extremism: Potential Curriculum Components (Working Document) (2010)

 

 

Notable Freedom of Information Act Documents Not Referenced in the Report

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Issue Paper: CVE Cooperative Efforts and Progress with the EU and EU Member States [Redacted] (n.d.)

Discussion Paper: 2013 Proposal on Coordinated International CVE Efforts (n.d.)

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Talking Points (n.d.)

2013 Group of Four Proposal on Coordinated Domestic Support [Redacted] (n.d.)

2013 Group of Four Proposal on Coordinated Domestic CVE Support [Unredacted] (n.d.)

National Capital Region CVE Workshop Summary (n.d.)

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Toolkit – Table of Contents (n.d.)

DHS-Europol/EU Partners CVE Work Plan (n.d.)

DHS CVE Strategy Outline [Draft//Predecisional V3.0] [Redacted] (n.d.)

Memorandum for Megan Mack, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, from Nadia Batcha, Senior Policy Advisor, concerning ICCT Call (June 24, 2015)

Email from Marisa Meyers to Amy Rosenband, et al., concerning Read-aheads for Tuesday CVE Interviews (June 15, 2015, 6:32 PM)

DHS Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism: Component Leadership Interview Questions [Draft/Pre-decisional] (June 15, 2015)

Letter from Homeland Sec’y Jeh Johnson to Arjun Sethi, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, concerning a letter to Lisa Monaco. Ass’t to the President for Homeland Sec. and Counterterrorism (June 9, 2015)

Email from [Redacted] to [Redacted] concerning the Draft Agenda for a Summit on Challenging Violent Extremist Messages (Mar. 3, 2015, 11:15:22)

Office of the CVE Coordinator, Dept. of Homeland Sec., Media Report: White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit (covering events on Feb. 17–18, 2015)

Email from Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to “Community Engagement Administrative Group,” on “Civil Rights Groups Concerned About Minneapolis CVE Pilot Program | Video CAIR Works with FBI Threat to Chicago Mosque” (Jan. 23, 2015)

Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Community Policing and Countering Violent Extremism: Advisory Board Meeting (concerning events from May 3–4, 2012) [Redacted]

Dep’t of Homeland Sec., Community Policing and Countering Violent Extremism: Draft of Curriculum Components (Jan. 2011)

Memorandum concerning “CVE Curriculum Development and Proof of Concept Session at FLETC” [Redacted] (Mar. 10, 2011)

Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Dep’t of Homeland Sec., DHS’s Countering Violent Extremism and Active Shooter (CVE-AS) Mission (n.d.)

Email from [Redacted], Budget Analyst, Office of Intelligence & Analysis to IA.HCTD.EXECSEC and [Redacted], concerning FW: Countering Violent Extremism Programs and Initiatives Report – Due COB 2/12/16 (Feb. 9, 2016, 8:08 AM)

Office of Intelligence & Analysis, IA-0045–16, (U//FOUO): Pre-Travel Activities Exhibited by US Persons Aspiring to Fight in Syria Provide Detection Opportunities (Jan. 6, 2016)

Email from FusionCenterTraining, [Redacted], Program Coordinator, CRCL Institute, Office of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties to [Redacted] concerning Announcing—2 More Webinar Presentations – Tuesday, Sept. 29th and Wednesday, Sept. 30 (Sept. 9, 2015)

Office of Intelligence & Analysis and [Redacted], IA-0096–15 and [Redacted], (U//FOUO):Syria-Based US and UK Persons’ Public Social Media Activity Effective but Provides Terrorism Prevention Opportunities (May. 20, 2015)

 

 

Dep’t of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fed. Bureau of Investigation, FBI Field Office CVE Model (n.d.)

Dep’t of Justice, Exec. Secretariat Control Sheet from Hon. Michael McCaul, U.S. House of Rep., to Att’y Gen. Loretta Lynch concerning White House CVE Summit and Don’t Be a Puppet (date received Nov. 11, 2015)

Dep’t of Justice, Exec. Secretariat Control Sheet from Muslim Public Affairs Council., to Att’y Gen. Loretta Lynch and Homeland Sec’y Jeh Johnson concerning Shared Responsibility Committees and Don’t Be a Puppet (date received Nov. 9, 2015)

Letter from Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ranking Member, Comm. on Homeland Sec., to Hon. Loretta Lynch, Att’y Gen. concerning Countering Violent Extremism Summit and Don’t Be a Puppet (Nov. 5, 2015)

Office of Public Affairs, Fed. Bureau of Investigation, Don’t Be a Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism (Nov. 2015)

Office of Partner Engagement, Fed. Bureau of Investigation, Don’t be a Puppet Website [Redacted] (Nov. 2015)

Office of Public Affairs, Fed. Bureau of Investigation, Public Affairs Guidance concerning Countering Violent Extremism FBI.gov Web Portal [Draft] [Redacted] (Oct. 2015)

Fed. Bureau of Investigation, Student Participation Consent/Release Form [for High School Focus Group on Don’t Be a Puppet] (Sept. 16, 2015)

Email from [Redacted] to [Redacted] concerning “CVE Portal” (Sept. 2, 2015, 9:18 AM)

Schedule for Shared Responsibility Community Focus Group in Washington D.C. (July 31, 2015)

 

 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Budget Breakdown for Grant#: 2014CKWXK043, World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ. (n.d.)

World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ., Budget Narrative (n.d.)

Email Chain concerning WORDE’s Coorperative Agreement with COPS (dates ranging from Dec. 17, 2014 to Jan. 15, 2015)

Memorandum to Mona Haggag, Administrator, WORDE, from Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Dep’t of Justice, concerning Community Policing Development Financial Clearance Memo (date submitted Oct. 14, 2014)

World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ., MD073ZZ, COPS Application (date submitted June 23, 2014)

Letter in Support of World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ. FY 2014 COPS Community Policing Development (CPD) Program from J. Thomas Manger, Chief of Police, Montgomery County Police Dep’t (June 13, 2014)

Letter in Support of World Org. for Res. Dev. and Educ. FY 2014 COPS Community Policing Development (CPD) Program from Bruce Adams, Dir., Office of Community Partnerships (June 11, 2014)

 

Freedom of Information Act Documents from Brennan Ctr. v. DHS Released in Full

Complete FOIA Document List*

Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec. Production List 1 (List of FOIA productions from 5/27/2016 to 9/29/2016)

Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec. Document List 2 (List of FOIA productions from 3/30/2016 to 4/7/2016)

 

Bates Stamp List for Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec.**

Bates Stamp List for Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec. (List of Bates Stamps for FBI FOIA production)

 

Vaughn Indices***

Fed. Bureau of Investigation Draft Vaughn Index (n.d.)

Executive Office for United States Attorneys Draft Vaughn Index (n.d.)

Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Draft Vaughn Index (received Jan. 11, 2017)

Office of Intelligence and Analysis Draft Vaughn Index (Dec. 28, 2016)

 

*The complete Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document list identifies the producing agency and component, production date, date of the produced document, and the number of pages for each document in released in connection with Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec.

**The Bates Stamp list identifies each FBI-produced document and its corresponding bates stamp number.

***The draft Vaughn index list identifies the government’s justifications for each redaction in connection with Brennan Ctr. v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec.

 

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Intelligence and Analysis 

2015-IAFO-00056 and 2015-IAFO- 00058 (IA_00001–553)

2015-IAFO-00056 and 2015-IAFO- 00058 (IA_00554–584)

Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

2015-CRFO-00011 (2015-CRCL-00011–000001–2015-CRCL-00011–000342)

2015-CRFO-00011 (2015-CRCL-00011–000343–2015-CRCL-00011–000373)

 

Department of Justice

Fed. Bureau of Investigation 

1339641 Emails – Section 1

1339641 Focus Group Emails – Section 1

1339641 Focus Group Emails – Section 2

1318794 CVE Model

1318911 SIP

1339634 Emails

1339634 FBI.GOV Puppet

1339634 OPA UNET Documents

CVE Fact Sheet Draft

CVE Local Framework

CVEO Responsive Material

December 2013 CVEO Bulletin

FBI Strategic Plan to Curb Violent Extremism

White House CVE Summit Press Points

Exec. Office for U.S. Attn’ys

EOUSA00001–00035