Counter Terrorism

Protecting Detroit From Terrorists: How a Softer Approach Overseas Could Help

Dr. Richard Chasdi | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Soft Line Approach, Counter Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Ambassador Bridge, Detroit News

Here is a scenario of a terrorist assault against the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel along with a set of counter-terror practices we could employ to protect ourselves. It's an unsettling story but one that needs to be heard.

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Data Mining You

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Data Mining, Central Intelligence Agency, Obama Internet, Obama CIA, Internet Safety, Internet Security, Government Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Internet Privacy, Online Privacy, Counterterrorism Guidelines, Obama Counterterrorism, Politics News

In these last years, while so many Americans were foreclosed upon or had their homes go "underwater" and the construction industry went to hell, the intelligence housing bubble just continued to grow.

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The Heroes Who Uncovered The NYPD's Muslim Surveillance

Munira Syeda | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Nypd, Surveillance, Islam, Muslims, Raymond Kelly, First Amendment, Counter-Terrorism, Nypd Scandals, Terrorism, Nypd Spying, Islam in America, Religion News

The AP team has done an amazing job in its months-long investigation of the NYPD. The revelations come at a critical time when we cannot afford to waste resources or implement ineffective measures in counter-terrorism.

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The Importance Of Muslim Women In Counter-terrorism

Sahar Aziz | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Muslim Women, Terrorism, American Muslims, Islam, Gender and Religion, Muslim Americans, Counter-Terrorism, Muslims in America, Islam in America, Religion News

Without proactive intervention from Muslim women, young men in Muslim communities are destined to fall prey to the same predatory tactics experienced by young African American men.

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Fighting Terror: What Can Ordinary Citizens Do?

Kemal Argon | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Interfaith, Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Tolerance, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Fighting-Terror, Religion News

Interreligious dialogue does have a positive impact, even if it is usually subtle. ...its positive impact is best achieved by a sustained effort at interfaith dialogue activity over time.

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On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy

Michael Shank | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: National Peace Academy, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Pentagon, Cia, Leon Panetta, Somalia, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Counter-Terrorism, Yemen, Iraq, Afghan Local Police, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Rand Corporation, Afghanistan War, Michael Shank, Wartime Contracting Commission, Brown University, Secretary of Defense, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Libya, Afghanistan, The Hague, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Politics News

October 7 marks the tenth anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan. After expending $4 trillion and thousands of lives, the US needs an exit from the depressing impasse of its militarized foreign policy.

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Rep. Holt: Special Counsel Should Investigate NYPD

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Nypd Cia, Demographics Unit, Video, Nypd, Cia, Counter-Terrorism, Muslims, Nyc Terrorism, New York News

WASHINGTON — A New Jersey congressman has called on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate New York Police Department in...

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NYPD's Demographic Group Eyed 250-plus Mosques, Student Groups

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Demographics Unit, Nypd, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Mosques, New York Terrorism, Muslims, New York Crime, Racial Profiling, New York News

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department compiled lists of mosques and Muslim businesses it saw as potential security risks for reasons that in...

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How Businesses Play Critical Role In Thwarting Terror

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Naser Abdo, National Security, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Fort Hood, Counter Terrorism, Business, Domestic Terrorism, Guns, Fort Hood Shootings, Business News

KILLEEN, Texas — Ultimately, it was the keen eye of a Texas gun shop clerk that helped authorities find an AWOL soldier who'd stashed bomb-makin...

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The Absurdity of the National Security State

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Al Qaeda, Al Queda Terrorists, Al Qaeda Militants, Al Qaeda Prison, Counter Terrorism, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Military-Prison, Guantanamo Obama, Guantantmo Torture, Guantanamo Trials, War on Terrorism, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, World News

As lawmakers fall all over each other to prove who's toughest on terrorism, critics from across the political spectrum are finally starting to decry the absurd results.

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After Bin Laden, Time for Clear U.S. Policy on Targeted Killing

Chris Rogers | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Targeted Killings, Yemen, Military, Afghanistan, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Pakistan, Navy Seals, Pakistan Drone Attacks, 9/11, Taliban, Drones, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, World News

Having killed the world's most notorious terrorist in a cross-border "kill operation," U.S.-targeted killing is at the center of public attention and international scrutiny. Now is the time for the U.S. to publicly announce a clear policy on targeted killing.

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WATCH: Is Al Qaeda Losing Its Edge?

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, Jihad, Video, Nelly Lahoud, Nelly Lahoud Osama Bin Laden, Jihadi Ideology, Counter Terrorism, Nelly Lahoud Jihad, Osama Bin Laden Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda After Bin Laden, Al Qaeda Narrative, Combatting Terrorism Center West Point, World News

Does bin Laden's death mean the world is a safer place? Nelly Lahoud, a senior associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and a scholar...

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Marine Corps Veteran On No-Fly List After Reportedly Emailing Cleric For Parenting Advice

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Abe Mashal, Counter-Terrorism, Chicago, No-Fly List, Illinois, Veteran No-Fly List, Abe Mashal No-Fly List, Chicago News

As the U.S. ramps up efforts to root out homegrown terrorism, hundreds of people who have fallen under suspicion are in a state of limbo: Many say the...

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Osama bin Laden: Still a Real Threat

Al Eisele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Counter-Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden Michael Scheuer, Osama Al Qaeda, Michael Scheuer, Al Qaeda, World News

What figure on the world scene would you expect a biographer to describe as "pious, brave, generous, intelligent, charismatic, patient, visionary, stubborn, egalitarian, and, most of all, realistic"?

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A Muslim's Duty to Society: The Time to Step Up is Now

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, Bari Weiss, Islam, Rep. Peter King, Counter-Terrorism, Homeland Security, Radical Islam, Peter-King-Radical-Islam-Hearings, Muslim, Wall Street Journal, Law Enforcement, New York Observer, Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships, Naomi Schaefer RIley, Politics News

Recently, Representative Peter King (R) NY announced his decision to hold hearings on the radicalization of Islam among American Muslims. I gave the m...

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What Jihadists Talk About Online

Amarnath Amarasingam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terror, Counter-Terrorism, Internet Terrorism, Online Jihad, Internet Jihad, Terrorist Communication, Islamic Jihad, Terrorists Online, Online Terrorism, Religion News

Internet cafes have become hubs of youth radicalization, where jihadists can discuss their ideological viewpoints with like-minded individuals thousands of miles away.

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Why Oversight Matters: The Consequences of Hiring Criminals and Insurgents to Guard US Bases

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Detention, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Senate Armed Services Committee, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, Detainees, Anti-Corruption, Senate, Detainee Abuse Afghanistan, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Detainee Abuse, Accountability, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan Civilian Deaths, World News

When U.S.-employed base guards commit extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, or other harassment of the local population with no consequences, the local community holds the U.S. responsible.

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What Happens if U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan? Not the End of the World as We Know it

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uzbek, Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, David Petraeus, President Obama, Yemen, Iraq, Tajik, China, Counter-Terrorism, Pashtun, Russia, Northern Alliance, India, Counterinsurgency, Nation-Building, World News

The Obama administration needs to modify its "belief about the moral benefit and policy utility of nation-building." You do not have to engage in the grandiose project of nation-building in order to achieve our limited goals.

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Anti-War, at Home and Abroad

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mosharraf Zaidi, Anti-War, Coin, 2010 Elections, Pakistan, National Interests, Wikileaks, Foreign Policy, Tommy Sowers, Elaine Marshall, Electoral Peril, National Security, Rethink Afghanistan, Counter-Terrorism, Afghanistan, Warlogs, Economy, Elections 2010, World News

Ending the war in Afghanistan is firmly in our national interests.The facts show that the war is destroying our economy and making us less safe, and continuing it will lead to even further disaster.

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New Detention Rules Show Promise and Problems

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Bagram, Detentions, Detention Facility in Parwan, Counterinsurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Politics News

After years of blundered war-time detention policy, the U.S. military has finally revamped its way of deciding who should be detained and released in Afghanistan.

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Counter-Terrorism's Revolving Door

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Times Square Violence, Wilding, Ray Kelly, Counter-Terrorism, Richard Falkenrath, Francis Libutti, NYPD Counter-Terrorism Commissioner, Nypd, Freedom Tower, New York Crime, Fbi, Freedom Tower Plans, Michael Sheehan, One World Trade Center, New York News

Another NYPD Counter-Terrorism Commissioner is leaving, the third since Police Commissioner Ray Kelly created the job in 2002. The latest departs to the usual chorus of hosannas from city officials.

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Terrorism and Technology: Strange Bedfellows in the Digital Age

James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moscow Bombings, Churchill, Richard Haass, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Cyber Warfare, Technology News

So what fate awaits us behind the opaque portal of technology, the lady or the tiger? Is the Internet our salvation or our undoing now that terrorism has become the Achilles heel of Western civilization?

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When is Terrorism not Terrorism? Austin, Joe Stack, and Why Semantics Matter

Jeff Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irs, Austin Plane Crash, War on Terror, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Joe Stack, Barack Obama, Joe Stack Suicide Note, Politics News

This past Wednesday, an insane man flew an airplane into a building in Austin, TX. He intended to destroy the local offices of the IRS. He intended th...

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Gen. McChrystal Is No MacArthur

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Communism, Afghanistan, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, War, Taliban, Obama, Counterinsurgency, Stanley McChrystal, World News

McChrystal is in for a rude awakening if he thinks he's a latter-day MacArthur, with a vast conservative following ready to rally to his side.

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House, President, Relief, President Obama, International, Indigenous, Council, Washington, War, Oxfam, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, America, Dick Cheney, Muslim, World Vision, Counter Insurgency, Terror, Development, Faith, History, Tragedy, Afghan Government, Democracy, Counter Terrorism, Special Forces, Religious, Terrorist, Richard Stearns, Congress, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Foreign Policy, Urgency, Moral Issues, Occupier, Arab, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

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