The US Counterterrorism Czar without a Counterterrorism Plan

The US counterterrorism czar without a counterterrorism plan

This article was first published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. March unfolded like a stress test for US counterterrorism authorities. The month opened with a gunman in an Iranian-flag shirt killing three people at a bar in Texas. Then, an attack with homemade explosives outside the mayor’s mansion in New […] The post The US counterterrorism czar without a counterterrorism plan appeared first on Asia Times.

Trump's counterterrorism Czar has no counterterrorism plan

March unfolded like a stress test for U.S. counterterrorism authorities.The month opened with a gunman in an Iranian-flag shirt killing three people at a bar in Texas. Then, an attack with homemade explosives outside the mayor’s mansion in New York City. Next came a deadly shooting March 12 on a Virginia college campus and, the same afternoon, a car-ramming at a Michigan synagogue. Days later, agents arrested a man charged with threatening a mas…

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan

Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have refocused attention on the lack of a doctrine.