WTOP: The Hunt: Spy who exposed Baghdadi had a difficult challenge
The successful raid that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was greatly assisted by a well-placed trusted informant who facilitated the terrorist leader’s movements around Syria and even helped oversee construction work on his Syrian safe house. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses the difficult and dangerous role played by the spy within ISIS.
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.