Examining Counterterrorism’s Success Stories (part title)
The full title of this analysis by the Heritage Foundation is: '39 Terror Plots Foiled Since 9/11: Examining Counterterrorism’s Success Stories – Analysis':http://www.eurasiareview.com/39-terr...ysis-20052011/
It is useful for the list of plots, the
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..six key principles for policymakers
are different and the
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..lessons about what works in terms of stopping terrorism..
are questionable from this armchair across the Atlantic.
I was surprised to see this:
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Lesson # 9: Current Aviation Security Is Expensive and Largely Inconsequential.
and the comments under the Miranda Warning in effect extending interview without a lawyer etc are a double-edged weapon.
Finally there are:
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Essential Principles for Congress and the Administration
Old ways work well - if used!
I'm sure there is a post on the value of fingerprints in CT, but too may matches on fingerprints and so added here.
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...federal authorities unknowingly had evidence that already linked him a roadside bomb in his home country 2005.
National security experts said the 21-month lapse in linking fingerprints from the bomb to the suspect shows poor communication among the several federal agencies in charge of anti-terrorism efforts.
Link:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...93f318b64aed4d
I am puzzled that this suspect was even given asylum, an issue that appears not to have been picked up in the report.
Just how real is the “homegrown” Islamist terrorist threat?
An intriguing spreadsheet to use:http://homegrown.newamerica.net/table
the author's explain:
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Just how real is the “homegrown” Islamist terrorist threat? The New America Foundation and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Public Policy have examined the post-9/11 cases of Americans or U.S. residents convicted or charged of some form of jihadist terrorist activity, as well as the cases of those American citizens who have traveled overseas to join a terrorist group.
Preliminary results of that research are available below. You may sort the table by any of the columns, or click on an individual's name for full details and reference sources.
Probably a unique information source.
Countering Domestic Radicalization
A short report by the New America Foundation, full title 'Countering Domestic
Radicalization: Lessons for Intelligence Collection and Community Outreach', published in June 2011 and just referred to on the CLS mailing:http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newa...calization.pdf
Draws mainly on the experience of LA, London and NYC.