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Jon Iadonisi: Sam Bacile or Silence Dogood: What Would Ben Franklin Do?

Jon Iadonisi: Sam Bacile or Silence Dogood: What Would Ben Franklin Do?

Jon Iadonisi is the founder of White Canvas Group [http://www.whitecanvasgroup.com/], a company that specializes in cultivating alternative and disruptive strategies. Iadonisi’s depth of experience, diversified expertise and unique operational background has provided a perspective that has enabled him to contribute to solving national security problems. He

Blurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism

Blurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism

Dr. Clint Arizmendi is a Research & Analysis Officer at the Land Warfare Studies Centre. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect those of the Australian Department of Defence or the Australian Government. As the IDF and Hamas conflict unfolded, observers witnessed more than the world’s

Security Officer Qassim M. Aklan Killed at US Embassy in Yemen

Security Officer Qassim M. Aklan Killed at US Embassy in Yemen

Another small victory [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/chief-security-u-s-embassy-yemen-assassinated-officials-article-1.1180592] for the enemy: > A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting Thursday near his home in the capital, officials said, adding the assault bore the hallmarks of

Nada Bakos on the Threat of Loose Networks

Nada Bakos on the Threat of Loose Networks

Nada, a former CIA analyst, examines the recent attack in Libya and what it means forthe future of US counterterrorism [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nada-bakos/libya-al-qaeda_b_1927803.html]: > That said, watching for the evolution and alignment of these small, like-minded groups is important, but it is a problem

Rethinking Insurgency with Dr. Steven Metz

Rethinking Insurgency with Dr. Steven Metz

Dr. Steven Metz [http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=22] is Chairman of the Regional Strategy Department, Co-Director of the Future of American Strategy Project, and research professor at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute [http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/]. Dr. Metz has been

Counterterrorism Expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on Violence and Radicalization

Counterterrorism Expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on Violence and Radicalization

Described as “a rising star in the counterterrorism community” by the International Herald Tribune, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is the Director of the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization [http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=515778&Itemid=343] at the Foundation for