Britain’s Terror Threat from the Levant
A very belated posting of an article that came out a while ago for the CTC Sentinel. It has been a very hectic and busy time and I have let things slip, but am going to try to finally catch up. A few...
View ArticleAl-Muhajiroun’s European Recruiting Pipeline
After a period of silence, a couple of new pieces, the first for the CTC Sentinel, West Point’s excellent counter-terrorism journal. This one looks at the pernicious influence of al Muhajiroun, Anjem...
View ArticleThe Islamic State Threat to Britain: Evidence from Recent Terror Trials
A new piece for the CTC Sentinel looking at recent terrorist attack planning in the UK, trying to identify the specific nature of the threats. For the most part, there has been little evidence at trial...
View ArticleBritain on Alert: The Attacks in London and Manchester and the Evolving Threat
It has been a busy day. Events in Barcelona are still a bit unclear, but it sounds like we are moving towards some resolution. In the meantime, catching up on posting latest contribution for the...
View ArticleA View from the CT Foxhole: Neil Basu, Senior National Coordinator for...
A new piece for an excellent outlet that I occasionally contribute to, the CTC Sentinel, which is an interview with Neil Basu, the Senior National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Policing in the UK....
View ArticleA View from the CT Foxhole: Suzanne Raine, Former Head of the United...
And finally in this catch up blast, a longer piece in the form of an interview with the former head of the UK’s JTAC Suzanne Raine for the excellent CTC Sentinel. Not the first of this form, and more...
View ArticleA View from the CT Foxhole: Jonathan Evans, Former Director General, MI5
More belated posting, this time of another interview with CTC Sentinel of a senior UK counter-terrorism official, this time Jonathan Evans the former head of MI5. Previous ones have been with the...
View ArticleA View From the CT Foxhole: Gilles de Kerchove, European Union (EU)...
As ever, I have been very delinquent in my posting, so am going to do a catch up blast on a Sunday. First up is my latest interview for the CTC Sentinel’s series with the EU’s Counter-terror...
View ArticleTwenty Years After 9/11: Reflections from Alex Younger, Former Chief of the...
Another piece linked to the September 11 anniversary, this time another interview of the series that I have been doing for CTC Sentinel. There are a few more recent pieces to publish, and some bigger...
View ArticleA View from the CT Foxhole: Robert Hannigan, Former Director, GCHQ
Another edited interview with a senior security official for the excellent CTC Sentinel. I realize that it has been quite a while since I wrote an actual researched article for them. Been working on...
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