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February 17, 2018

CEP Executive Director writes in the Hill: "Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Garland, Texas, gunman Elton Simpson. All of these terrorists were deeply...

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February 15, 2018

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the events surrounding the investigation into a shooting at a high school in Florida that killed 17 people.

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February 14, 2018

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the situation involving high ranking White House personnel who have yet to complete the security clearance process.

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February 12, 2018

CEP Executive Director writes in the Telegraph: “The devastating impact of online radicalisation through extremist videos was felt far too often in 2017. Whether it was the attacks carried out in Manchester and London by Islamist extremists or those...

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February 8, 2018

Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor and CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: Universities across the country are graduating record numbers of computer scientists, many of whom are finding employment in Silicon Valley. At the same time...

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February 7, 2018

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discussed the recently released National Security Strategy and the necessity of fighting terrorism online as well as on the battlefield with host J.J. Green.

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February 7, 2018

Illegal content and terrorist propaganda are still spreading rapidly online in the European Union, new analysis shows. With increased scrutiny on mainstream sites, alt-right and terrorist sympathizers are flocking to niche platforms where illegal...

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January 26, 2018

The British government is under renewed pressure to outlaw Hezbollah in the UK by making no distinction between its military and political wings. David Ibsen, the executive director of the Counter Extremism Project, said that Hezbollah itself does...

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January 22, 2018

The self-proclaimed caliphate has been reduced to a handful of villages in the Syrian desert, but the “virtual caliphate” fights on, a diminished but still formidable presence focused on rallying the group’s followers in the face of crushing military...

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January 19, 2018

In an op-ed, CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: “Earlier this month, President Trump decided extend the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran Deal, but warned that he will terminate the agreement unless...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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