Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress

Citation
Jerome P. Bjelopera, Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress (CRS Report R40901) (June 10, 2011) (full-text).

Overview
This Report describes the Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI), the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related SARs, and how the NSI seeks to achieve this objective. It examines the privacy and civil liberties concerns raised by the initiative and identifies other oversight issues for Congress.