by admin | May 7, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Framing, Image, Intelligence, Movements, Strategic Comm.
By Steven R. Corman & Jarret Brachman The release last week of documents captured from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbotabad has generated a flurry of interest in the press and blogosphere. Yet a question has arisen as to whether the release was wise, since the...
by admin | May 1, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Media, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman CNN is re-reporting a story from Die Zeit about a treasure-trove of al-Qaeda documents and manuals found encrypted in pornographic videos. The encryption was done using a technique call steganography. The videos were found in the possession of...
by lundry | Sep 26, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Government, Image, Intelligence, Islam, Narrative, Religion, Southeast Asia, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry Last year, my colleagues Steven Corman, Jeffrey Halverson and I wrote a series of blog posts exploring Islamist reactions to anti-Islam and anti-Muslim events in the US, including the debate over the Park51 Islamic Center and an American pastor’s...
by goodall | Apr 11, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Egypt, Intelligence, Islam, Israel, Language, Movements, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Religion, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall There is a new narrative responsible for the success of the uprisings that spread from Tunisia through Egypt and now are heard in the streets of Syria, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere. It is a secular narrative generated by young Muslims who recognize that...
by editor | Nov 2, 2010 | Analysis, Defense Dept., Image, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Military, Strategic Comm.
by Cameron Bean and Bennett Furlow On Friday, October 22, Wikileaks released almost 400,000 documents on the Iraq War. At first Pentagon spokesperson Geoff Morrell seemed to downplay the release, claiming the documents were “essentially snapshots of events” and do...
by ruston | Dec 28, 2009 | Analysis, Intelligence, Military, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston Recent headlines revealed that video feeds from the Predator, the US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used for surveillance and targeting in both Iraq and Afghanistan, have been intercepted by insurgents in Iraq. Early follow up analysis focuses on...