Problem

ISIS has made direct threats to U.S. service members in the U.S. and American citizens via social media. Days later, DHS and the FBI confirm the group has infiltrated the U.S. homeland, 13 group members, unconfirmed if the group was already on U.S. soil or entered by air, land, or sea.

Your Task

It's election day, April 7, 2015. A "lone wolf" terrorist in Ferguson, Mo., takes random shots at a line of voters, killing 20 and injuring eight.

Research strategic response models for countering terrorist threats.

Discuss two of the following:

identification of the threat;
characterize deterrence, prediction, mitigation (i.e., preparation and protection),
managing public outrage/crisis/fallout, attribution, post-incident response.