Counter-Terrorism Assessment File

Detects documents containing terrorism threat assessments, persons of interest profiles, and counter-terrorism operational capabilities. Disclosure enables counter-surveillance by terrorist subjects and compromises national security monitoring. Includes JCTT (Joint Counter Terrorism Team) and QPS Security and Counter-Terrorism Group documents.

Type

keyword_proximity

Engine

universal

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: enforcement requires a populated operational document; JCTT file references are unpublished, so the reference is a documented label-anchored fallback.

Jurisdictions

global

Regulations

Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

law-enforcement

Scope

wide

Risk rating

10

Pattern

(?i)\b(counter[\-\s]terrorism\s+(?:assessment|intelligence|briefing)|CT\s+assessment|terrorism\s+threat\s+assessment|national\s+threat\s+advisory|radicalisation\s+assessment|fixated\s+threat\s+(?:assessment|report)|foreign\s+fighter\s+(?:assessment|profile))\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

PROTECTED, Law-Enforcement, NATIONAL SECURITY, JCTT, Joint Counter Terrorism Team, SCTG, Security and Counter-Terrorism Group, ASIO, AFP, National Terrorism Threat Level, person of interest, radicalisation indicators, attack planning, threat to life, fixated person, investigation, enforcement, prosecution, arrest, evidence (+37 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• PROTECTED — NATIONAL SECURITY. Counter-Terrorism Assessment. File number: JCTT-2025-0089. Subject: Ahmed Khalil FAROUK, DOB 14/07/1993. Radicalisation assessment: Subject has been consuming extremist material online and has expressed support for ISIL. National Terrorism Threat Level: PROBABLE. Recommendation: elevated monitoring and AFP referral. — JCTT counter-terrorism assessment with subject identification and radicalisation indicators (reaches 75)
• QPS Security and Counter-Terrorism Group intelligence briefing. Fixated threat assessment for subject who has issued threats against Queensland Parliament House. CT assessment indicates subject has conducted hostile reconnaissance. Foreign fighter database check: negative. ASIO referral recommended under s.4 of ASIO Act. — QPS SCTG fixated threat assessment with ASIO referral recommendation (65 discovery only - prose without populated record fields)
• Terrorism threat assessment update — Operation SENTINEL. Three persons of interest identified in South-East Queensland with links to foreign fighter networks. Counter-terrorism intelligence indicates planned travel to conflict zone. National threat advisory distributed to all JCTT partner agencies. — Multi-subject terrorism threat assessment with foreign fighter network links (65 discovery only - prose without populated record fields)
• PROTECTED — NATIONAL SECURITY To: Commander, Security and Counter-Terrorism Group From: JCTT Queensland Date: 12/09/2026 Subject: Counter-terrorism assessment — person of interest Avery Teston File number: JCTT-2026-0417 Radicalisation indicators and hostile reconnaissance of a stadium noted; AFP and ASIO consulted. — Populated CT assessment minute: To/From/Date/Subject headers and file number plus JCTT/ASIO evidence (reaches 85)
• Terrorism threat assessment File number: JCTT-2026-0512 Assessment attached for the duty officer. — Labelled file reference with the CT primary (reaches 75)

Should not match

• The Australian Government has set the National Terrorism Threat Level at PROBABLE, meaning a terrorist attack is likely. The public is advised to be vigilant and report suspicious behaviour to the National Security Hotline. — Public terrorism threat level announcement
• Researchers at the Australian National University published a study on radicalisation pathways among Australian foreign fighters who travelled to Syria. The study used publicly available court records and media reports. — Academic research on radicalisation using public sources
• The ABC Four Corners program investigated Australia's counter-terrorism framework, interviewing former ASIO officers about the challenges of monitoring persons of interest within the community. — Television journalism about counter-terrorism with former officials
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about Counter-Terrorism Assessment are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)
• Counter-terrorism assessment — minute To: __________ From: __________ Date: __________ Subject: __________ File number: __________ — Blank form / template with unfilled fields (must stay below 75)
• News: a documentary on counter-terrorism intelligence featured former officers describing how a terrorism threat assessment is prepared. — News or training text naming the topic (must stay below 75)

Known false positives

• Public national terrorism threat level announcements and advisories Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'public advisory', 'public announcement', 'media release', 'public is advised'. Require proximity to specific subject identifiers.
• Academic research on terrorism and radicalisation Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'academic', 'university', 'researcher', 'study', 'published', 'journal', 'court records'
• Media reporting and documentaries on counter-terrorism Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'news', 'media', 'Four Corners', 'documentary', 'former officer', 'interview', 'television'
• Government policy documents on counter-terrorism strategy Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'strategy document', 'white paper', 'policy framework', 'national strategy', 'public consultation'

References

• Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)