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June 15, 2016

The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen — his statements to friends and coworkers and his tangled personal history — lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists....

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June 14, 2016

The Sunday terror attack in Orlando, Florida highlights the need for social media companies to more actively disrupt extremist messaging on their platforms, CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said. “It is likely that [Mateen] was self-radicalized by...

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June 13, 2016

Mark Wallace, CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, said it was difficult to know how many LGBT men and women had been killed by IS, but the practice was well documented. "The targeting, persecution and killing of LGBT [people] in Isis-controlled...

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June 13, 2016

CEP President Frances Townsend CNBC

CEP President Frances Townsend Discusses the Orlando Attacker on CNBC.

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June 13, 2016

With a death toll of 49, the Orlando nightclub tragedy is the nation's worst mass shooting in history. CEP Executive Director David Ibsen commented was interviewed about the tragedy and its possible impacts on American society VOA's Carolyn Presutti...

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June 13, 2016

CEP President Fran was interviewed on MSNBC, providing valuable insights into the attack at an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub that resulted in the deaths of 49 people.

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June 13, 2016

CEP Research Analyst Marielle Harris was interviewed by BBC Radio about the attack at an Orlando, Floriida gay nightclub. “We know that Mateen was bipolar and that he was reported to have hit his wife. We also know that he was questioned by the FBI...

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June 13, 2016

Reeling from the worst attack on American soil since 9/11, the US authorities believe at this stage that Omar Mateen was probably a deranged lone gunman who simply took the Isis name as a badge rather than being a trained operative of the group. “The...

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June 13, 2016

CEP President Fran Townsend was interviewed on CSPAN about what led up to the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, in which 50 people died, including the gunman.

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June 13, 2016

CEP President Frances Townsend and Michael German, former FBI officer, are interviewed on CNBC TV and discuss the difficulty in connecting the dots of terrorists' digital networks .

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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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