Since 9/11 and the Patriot Act, Congress and the administration have sought to cut off would-be terrorists at the source: their bank accounts. But a more thorough examination of these procedures shows that there are both limits and costs to vigorous terror-finance prevention.

A panel of experts in countering extremism met last week in Doha at the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies in an effort to share the security secrets that have worked in their own neighborhoods. Among them was Stephen White, who served for 26 years as a senior police officer in the UK. He describes himself as just another teenager growing up on the streets of Belfast in 1969, when, he says, the Irish Republican Army tried to kill his father.

Stephen White, The Soufan Group's Regional Vice President speaks to the BBC's Good Morning Ulster, Northern Ireland's premier news radio channel, about the problems in Kabul post - Koran burning, and transitional justice and restorative justice.

Yale Law School: The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, along with the Law and Media Program at the Information Society Project, presents: Interrogation After 9/11, Censorship, and Journalism

The paper shows the important role that NGOs, community groups, and key individuals, including former combatants, can play. It recommends that in appropriate circumstances, 'calculated risks' be taken to ensure that 'hard-to-reach groups' are approached by those with the required local knowledge, expertise, and credibility. Often this means working with former combatants.

Ali Soufan and the Qatar International Academy for Security Studdies (QIASS) Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) report is cited in a report published by the British Parliament's Home Affairs Committee, entitled "The Roots of Violent Radicalisation."

Watch Ali Soufan on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, exploring the challenges posed by multiculturalism and ethnic nationalism in the Middle East and Central Asia.

WASHINGTON - The FBI has begun cutting back GPS surveillance in an array of criminal and intelligence investigations following a Supreme Court ruling last month restricting its use, a federal law enforcement official said.

As the international community debates how to stop the bloodshed in Syria, intelligence experts are looking closely at possible terrorist scenarios that could occur should the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad go.

If Mitt Romney's great-grandfather were Hugh Hefner, rather than Miles Park Romney, he'd have an easier time winning the Republican nomination and the White House. That's something for voters to ponder, especially given the marital history of Romney's chief rival, Newt Gingrich.