Studies on radicalization & comments

[davidbfpo]

A contrary view on the theme there is an overlap between crime and terror via Stratfor. Two sentences:

An enduring and sometimes inescapable tendency in national security circles is inflated threat assessments. This is not surprising: it is usually far less dangerous to exaggerate than to downplay threats to national and international security.

The nexus thesis is based in large part on confirmation bias: analysts looking for cooperative relationships between criminals and terrorists almost invariably find them.

Link:https://marcom.stratfor.com/horizons...g-relationship