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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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There are essentially three ways terrorists can be stopped from committing violent acts across the world. They can be killed with drones and other targeted attacks, prevented from accessing materials leading to radicalisation via the internet or they...
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CEP President Fran Townsend joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss President Trump's revised travel ban and his newly appointed National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster.
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses what may be different in the expected new Pentagon plan for fighting ISIS. Maller said the coming plan should also address fighting ISIS online, including getting Internet and social media companies to take down...
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses leaks of classified information and other national security topics with Connell McShane on the Imus in The Morning program.
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses possible replacements for National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn, who resigned from his post.
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CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the ramifications of the resignation of national Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn on CBS This Morning.
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CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the implications of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's resignation on national security priorities.
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“In collaboration with the Counter Extremism Project, Farid has expanded the technology to include video and audio, which he says are major sources of extremist messaging. But the tool is encountering a hitch: Tech companies have been slow to sign on...
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By Dr. Hany Farid, professor and chair of the Computer Science Department at Dartmouth College and a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project. "Online platforms today are being used in deplorably diverse ways: recruiting and radicalizing...
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Some critics have also questioned whether the program’s leaders would ever be able to produce quantifiable results, something that’s ‘difficult, given what they are trying to do,’ said Tara Maller, a former CIA military analyst and senior policy...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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