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Select a terrorist organization likely to conduct an attack  within the United States and complete an in-depth profile on the  organization you selected for this first part of a three part series of  papers. The same group you select will be used for your Midterm,  Progress, and Final paper. For this midterm, complete an in-depth profile on the organization  selected for your project.  In 5-7 pages (double-spaced) provide a  narrative explaining the organization’s origins, ideology, goals &  objectives.  Include a discussion on the leadership, funding, and  capabilities such as physical bases or operating/support location(s),  personnel strengths, training programs, and communications methods.   Lastly, it would be helpful to provide a description of known and  suspected weapons/lethal agents and delivery methods, procedures used in  prior attacks, propaganda, surveillance methods, and significant  events/dates that may be used in attack planning. Use section headings  in your paper. :  The first paper  (the midterm) is about the group you select and basically provides a  historical perspective about the group. The second paper (the progress  assignment) is a red cell where you put yourself in the shoes of the  terrorist group by thinking like they would to determine how the U.S.  can do intelligence collection on the terrorist group. For the final assignment, you will combine all that you wrote in the  first two papers into o

ne seamless document and you will add at least  three recommendations you would provide to a Homeland Security policy  maker on how to counter your selected organization. Be sure to improve  your writing based on feedback you receive from the midterm and progress  assignment. . This assignment is , so you need to use the class readings to support your .  Make sure you use APA style at  the end of every sentence where you are quoting or paraphrasing  another’s ideas (or any information) that is not your own thoughts and  words, like this (Bergen, 2015, para 14). I highly recommend you use the  APUS writing guide based on the APA style which can be found in the  university library or at this link: .  You are welcome to use supplementary sources to compliment the assigned  readings based upon your research, but make sure you use scholarly and  credible sources. See the for good sources, as well as the and the . For formatting, the best option is to use the attached example paper as a template (for formatting purposes only). A respectable number of credible resources used, cited in the paper  as in-text citations, and included on the reference page. A good rule of  thumb is at least 2-3 scholarly sources per page of content. This Midterm Assignment (the organizational profile) is due Sunday of  Week 3. The SSGS Assignment Rubric for 300-400 Level Classes will be  used to evaluate this assignment (attached). Purchase the answer to view it