A former FBI agent whose testimony helped to get waterboarding outlawed in the US warned…
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Patrick Skinner Op-Ed in Newsweek: Trump’s Immigration Ban is a ‘Simple Insult to a Complex Problem’
I state upfront I don’t want to write this. I avoid drama and politics in equal measure, preferring to focus on my narrow lane of developing best practices in counterterrorism, focusing on work with local liaisons.
Read MoreTSG Report Cited in The Economist: Terrorists Returning Home to Tunisia
“If Ben Guerdane had been located next to Falluja, we would have liberated Iraq.” So (reportedly) said Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, before he was killed a decade ago.
Read MoreTSG Report Cited on Newsweek: Alleged French ISIS Recruiter Charged With Terrorism Offenses After Four Years in Syria
French authorities have arrested and charged a man alleged to have been a key recruiter for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria, officials said Sunday.
Read MoreAli Soufan Quoted in The New York Times: The Lingering Stench of Torture
After President-elect Donald J. Trump insisted during the campaign that “torture works” and promised to bring back waterboarding and “a hell of a lot worse…”
Read MoreTSG Report Cited in Voice of America: Turkish Investigation Into New Year’s Attack Focuses on Central Asians
Turkish authorities have rounded up dozens of Central Asians in connection with a New Year’s attack at an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people…
Read MoreTSG Report Cited in Newsweek: Spain Arrests Moroccan Coach Accused of Recruiting for ISIS
Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan boxing coach suspected of leading a radical Islamist cell that recruited for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS)…
Read MorePatrick Skinner Quoted in Wired: How Spy Agency Vets Read That Bombshell Trump Report: With Caution
In the hours since a private firm’s intelligence document leaked to the web, alleging 35 pages of President-elect Donald Trump’s dirty laundry…
Read MoreMichael Masters Interviewed on WYCC PBS Chicago: Is Chicago Prepared?
Michael Masters joins WYCC PBS Chicago: In The Loop to discuss security in Chicago since 9/11…
Read MorePatrick Skinner Interviewed on The Cipher Brief: A Problem Larger than Terrorism
The Cipher Brief sat down with Patrick Skinner of The Soufan Group to discuss the successes and failures of the Obama Administration’s counterterrorism policy…
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