terrorists

Presents a look at the people and policies behind the government agency known as the FBI, from its founding in 1908 to the controversies and challenges it faces today.

Introduces some of the CIA's key players and reveals how intelligence has been a critical component in America's foreign policy.

Describes the beginnings of terrorism as a political act and relates details of some of the activities of well-known terrorist groups.

Considers some of the possible motives for terrorist attacks, looks at historical examples of how terrorists strike, and explains how terrorist profiles are developed.

Looks at how intelligence agencies around the world work together to identify terrorists and their networks, and examines strategies governments use in their attempts to prevent terrorist attacks.

Examines the history of terrorism in and against the U.S. and the effects of terrorism on American society, politics, and the economy, discussing the issue of safety versus civil liberties.

Pyotr and Stavrogin, leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell, train terrorists to participate in a plot to overthrow the tsar, destroy society, and seize power, but when the group is threatened with exposure, the recruits must decide how far they are willing to go to save themselves.

Detective Aimee Leduc has reason to believe that her mother belongs to a group of terrorists resembling the 1960s Red Terror gang.

"The US military is under cyberattack. Computer failures have crippled every weapons system. Gizmo and Invisible Six must discover who is behind this attack and the culprits' aim. But the mysterious hackers seem one step ahead of I-6 at every turn, and their use of autonomous weapons keeps I-6 from getting close. Can Gizmo and I-6 stop the worst cyberattack in US military history? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Claw is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO."--.

"When a known terrorist attacks a US passenger jet, the CIA plans to retaliate with a drone strike. But Zumi proposes that they capture Viggo the Vulture alive to gain information on worldwide terrorist networks and weapons smuggling. The mission takes Invisible Six into the criminal underworld's darkest corners. Can Zumi and I-6 outsmart Viggo at his own game?"--.