by Noah Shachtman | Jul 26, 2012 | Monitor
ASPEN, Colorado — There have been assassinations, explosions, acts of sabotage, and cyberattack. But the increasingly violent shadow war between the U.S., Israel, Iran, and its allies haven’t hit targets on American soil — yet. That could change...
by editor | Jul 23, 2008 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Framing, Language
by Steven R. Corman Jeffrey Imm over at CT Blog did a post yesterday admiring Rep. Hoekstra’s attempt to amend H.R. 5959 to deny DHS and NCTC the ability to expend any funds in their efforts to discourage use of words like “jihad” in U.S. strategic...
by editor | May 1, 2008 | Language, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Last week I noted that the U.S. had decided to stop calling the Bad Guys “jihadis.” Well as Jeffrey Imm over at CT Blog points out, there’s just one little problem:  Apparently the State Department and the President...
by editor | Apr 25, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Framing, Language
by Steven R. Corman After years of being told over and over again that they should stop calling the Bad Guys “jihadis” the U.S. Government has finally decided that this would be a good idea. I feel sure it was two posts on COMOPS Journal, here and here,...