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- ↑ "Center for Policing Terrorism Home Page". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ↑ Los Angeles Police Department News Release, March 7, 2008
- ↑ Mark Riebling, The New Paradigm: Merging Law Enforcement and Intelligence Strategies, Center for Policing Terrorism, January 2006.
- ↑ Michael A. Sheehan, ISBN 978-0-307-38217-7.