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Brand: Renew Discussion on US Intelligence Gathering
December 16, 2015
Member of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Rachel Brand writes that, following the San Bernardino attacks, there must be a renewed, measured debate over the balance between civil liberties and intelligence gathering, and asserts that the US must equip its intelligence services with sufficient authority to detect and pursue terrorist threats.
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US Politicians Denounce Immigration Policies as "Hate Speech"
December 16, 2015
As debate over the policy positions of Republican presidential contenders on Muslim immigration continues in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings, The Hartford Courant reports that Connecticut political and religious figures have condemned some of these positions as "hate speech" and are raising concerns of retaliation against Muslims due to the attacks.
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Saudi Arabia Launches Islamic Anti-Terrorism Coalition
December 16, 2015
Saudi Arabia has announced that it has launched a coalition of 34 "Islamic countries," excluding Shia-majority Iran and Iraq, to coordinate attacks against Islamist extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan.
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California Attack Reveals Gaps in Monitoring Social Media for Potential Jihadis Applying for US Visas
December 15, 2015
US officials confirm that one of the perpetrators of the recent Islamic State ("IS") inspired terrorist attack in California had actively declared her radical Islamist commitments in Facebook posts over a two-year period, raising serious concerns about the deficits in US law-enforcement procedures for reviewing social media to identify potential jihadis among foreigners seeking US entry visas.
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US Shifts from Clarity of Operations to Dynamics of Radicalization in Trying to Combat Violent Islamism
December 15, 2015
US President Barack Obama has pushed for a new direction in America's efforts to combat the global spread and domestic manifestations of violent Islamism, shifting from an exclusive focus on counter-terrorism operations to a more complex effort to identify the ideological narratives and material enticements that account for the dangerous appeal of jihadi Islamism in developing and post-modern societies.
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