# Terrorism Information **Entity class:** Formal Counterterrorism Intelligence Architecture concept **Terrorism Information** is a counterterrorism concept describing a possible social, cognitive, or behavioral process that must be distinguished from mere exposure or association. Terrorism Information belongs in the ontology because AI can compute over this structure while analysts retain responsibility for interpretation and authorized action. ## Counterterrorism predictive-graph role A relationship or identity match is an evidence-bearing hypothesis with source, time, and confidence. It is not guilt by association. The analytic state should distinguish ground truth, observed evidence, inferred state, and predicted state. ## Relationships - **domain router:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Intelligence|Counterterrorism Intelligence]]. - **ontology neighbors:** [[wiki/Terrorism Datapoint|Terrorism Datapoint]] and [[wiki/Known or Suspected Terrorist|Known or Suspected Terrorist]]. - **synthesis:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Predictive Graph|Counterterrorism Predictive Graph]] and [[wiki/Predictive Intelligence Loop|Predictive Intelligence Loop]]. ## Sources - [NCTC — Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination of United States Person Information (accessed September 23, 2026)](https://www.odni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/RelatedContent_documents/NCTCGuidelines.pdf) - [ODNI — Data Mining Report CY2021–2023](https://www.odni.gov/files/documents/CLPO/CY2021-2023_Data_Mining_Report_FINAL.pdf) **As of:** 2026-09-23