by editor | Aug 26, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, technology
by Steven R. Corman Ars Technica reported yesterday on a letter sent by Congressman Brad Miller to the Inspector General of the Director of National Intelligence. Miller, who is Chairman of a House subcommittee on technology oversight, sounded the alarm over a...
by editor | Aug 8, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman In the past couple of days I have received email alerts from ESISC, an independent European group based in Brussels that describes itself as doing observation and analysis of international terrorism and related strategic issues. The emails indicate...
by editor | Jun 21, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Politics
by Steven R. Corman As predicted in an earlier post, Hoffman’s counter-tat to Sageman’s response to Hoffman’s panning of Sageman’s book has appeared at Foreign Affairs (below Sageman’s reply). It contains little in the way of new...
by editor | Jun 9, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Politics
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday’s New York Times reported on a feud between Bruce Hoffman and Marc Sageman about whether al Qaeda represents a continuing threat as an organized force, or whether it has degenerated into a disorganized social movement. At the root...
by editor | Oct 16, 2007 | Analysis, Intelligence, Sensemaking
By Edward T. Palazzolo Michael Scheuer visited Arizona State University on 11 October 2007 to talk with ASU faculty and students and to share his insights with the community in an open lecture series offered by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict....