For @newsweek.com today, I wrote about the changing landscape of terrorism in the US and why it demands a change in our counterterrorism strategies: www.newsweek.com/terror-today... - ThreadSky

milleridriss.bsky.social • 54 days ago

For @newsweek.com today, I wrote about the changing landscape of terrorism in the US and why it demands a change in our counterterrorism strategies:

https://www.newsweek.com/terror-today-ever-shifting-ideologies-same-underlying-causes-opinion-2009924

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milleridriss.bsky.social•54 days ago

“All of these changes make it harder to prevent mass or targeted violence with what have been our traditional strengths in counterterrorism work—such as surveillance, monitoring, infiltration, and interruption of plots. Adding more security measures to protect soft targets is expensive and” 2/

milleridriss.bsky.social•54 days ago

“ultimately still relies on a "just in the nick of time" dynamic to ensure community safety.” 1/ The only alternative is to shift our prevention work upstream, working to prevent people from being persuaded by propaganda and conspiracy theories to begin with and address the root causes that” 3/

milleridriss.bsky.social•54 days ago

“lead people down those rabbit holes to begin with. This includes addressing what so many terrorists ultimately express as a belief that they are enacting some sort of honorable quest that helps them find meaning and a sense of purpose. Until we can ensure that every individual feels” 4/

milleridriss.bsky.social•54 days ago

“needed and that they belong, we will always have individuals who are vulnerable to bad actors who offer that instead.” Rest of the article is in the link, should be open access /end

squizzradical.bsky.social•54 days ago

Innovation is needed!

aileinduinn.bsky.social•54 days ago

It's not a problem of technique or technology. It's problem of political will. The institutions we've empowered to investigate and prevent these kinds of incidents share the power structure and political ideologies with the perpetrators, and the media whitewashes their negligence.

aileinduinn.bsky.social•54 days ago

A man with the "largest collection of improvised explosives in FBI history" who "used photos of the President for target practice at a local shooting range" was released on 25k bond. A woman who made a veiled threat to a health insurance call center is held on terrorism charges with a 100k bond.

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