Sharing With International Partners

Combating violent extremism is not only a U.S. concern – our allies and partners have also suffered the devastating effects of terrorist attacks and, as the events of the last year show, the plans for future attacks may originate far from the ultimate target. Accordingly, robust and regular two-way information sharing and collaboration with international partners continue to be cornerstones of our effort to thwart terrorist attacks. Working with non-U.S. counterparts is largely done on a community, rather than an ISE-wide basis. Typically communities or agencies work directly with their foreign counterparts to put effective agreements in place and maintain those through regular contacts and information exchanges. The Intelligence Community, for example, has long had close bilateral or multilateral arrangements with partners around the globe while the FBI’s Legal Attaches (LEGATs) have forged close ties with law enforcement counterparts abroad.
As of July 2010 the Department of State and the Terrorist Screening Center have concluded non-binding arrangements or formal agreements with 18 foreign partners encompassing commitments for the reciprocal exchange of terrorism screening information. The Terrorist Screening Center provides our foreign partners with access to a subset of the Terrorist Screening Database in exchange for a list of known or suspected terrorists from our foreign partner. The State Department leads the diplomatic outreach and conducts negotiations the Terrorist Screening Center.
View our 2010 Annual Report to learn more about initiatives like the U.S. – E.U. 2010 Declaration on Counterterrorism; INTERPOL-Washington’s partnership with the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) The DHS’s Global Online Enrollment System, and Aviation Security and the Air Domain Awareness (ADA) Initiative.