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New Opportunities for Bilateral Cooperation
Pages 267-269

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From page 267...
... We will try to obtain additional copies of these documents for other interested organizations, and we look forward to receiving similar documents concerning related developments in Russia. Of course we should try to modernize this information exchange quickly from exchanges of hard copies of documents to exchanges of electronic databases.
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From page 268...
... Although much of our focus has been on the technical aspects of terrorism, we must give continuing attention to the legal dimensions of efforts to thwart terrorism international legal regimes and also national legislative and regulatory frameworks. While our academies are not the best organizations to analyze all aspects of the legal underpinnings of counterterrorism efforts, surely as we address specific forms of terrorism the legal frameworks should be carefully considered alone with the many technical economic social and political dimenslons.
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From page 269...
... First, any work undertaken in this field must avoid giving terrorists important technical information that could facilitate their efforts to turn hostile intentions into destructive actions. Second, our academies have strong capabilities to provide conceptual approaches and sound methodologies for addressing terrorism concerns; and they can make recommendations to governments.
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