Homegrown terror and American jihadists
Subtitle: addressing the threat
By: editor, Samuel J. Perkins
Series: Terrorism, hot spots and conflict-related issues
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781611229196
Subjects: Terrorism; Prevention; Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American jihadist terrorism : combating a complex threat / Jerome P. Bjelopera, Mark A. Randol; title: Internet terror recruitment and tradecraft : how can we address an evolving tool while protecting free speech? / written testimony of professor Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., before the House Committee on Homeland Security; title: Testimony of Brian Michael Jenkins, the RAND corporation, before the Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on "No path to glory : deterring homegrown terrorism" / statement of John B. Morris, Jr., General Counsel, Center for Democracy, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing on "Free Speech and Online Intermediaries in an Age of Terror Recruitment" / Testimony of William J. Bratton, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing on "Countering the Radicalization Threat : An Intelligence-Led Policing Challenge" / statement of Janice Fedarcyk, Special Agent in Charge, Counterterrorism Division, Los Angeles Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing on "Islamic Radicalization"; title: Written testimony of David D. Gersten, director of civil rights and civil liberties programs, United States department of homeland security, before the house committee on homeland security, Hearing on "Radicalization, information sharing and community outreach : protecting the homeland from homegrown terror" / testimony of Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President of the RAND Corporation, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing on "Building an Army of Believers : Jihadist Radicalization and Recruitment"; title: Written testimony of Sireen Sawaf, government relations director, Southern California, Muslim Public Affairs Council, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on "Radicalization, information sharing and community outreach : protecting the homeland from homegrown terror"; title: Violent Islamist extremism, the internet, and the homegrown terrorist threat / U.S. Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Joseph Lieberman, Chairman and Susan Collins, Ranking Minority Member; title: Statement of Michael W. Macleod-Ball, acting director, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington Legislative Office, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on "Violent extremism : how are people moved from constitutionally-protected thought to acts of terrorism?" / testimony of Kim Cragin, The RAND Corporation, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing on "Understanding Terrorist Motivations"; title: Testimony of Stevan Weine, M.D., professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on "Violent extremism : how are people moved from constitutionally-protected thought to acts of terrorism?.