Posted on Mar 27, 2019
With ISIS And Al-Qaida Weakened, U.S. Faces An Evolving Anti-Terror Mission
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At the main operations room inside the National Counterterrorism Center, the flow of incoming data never stops. Analysts from across the government sit in front of their blinking computers, all facing huge TV screens tuned to news channels.
"On a daily basis, 10,000 reports come across our ops center and eyes are put on every one of those," said Russ Travers, deputy director of the center, who has been here, on and off, since it was established 16 years ago.
"There are in the neighborhood of 16,000 names within those pieces of information. We have to process all of that," he added.
The U.S. fight against terrorism is at a key juncture. More than 17 years after the 2001 attacks by al-Qaida, that group is no longer the force it was. And the Islamic State has lost its core territory.
Despite these U.S. successes, a host of evolving threats remain. So what should the U.S. effort look like going forward?
As someone who began his intelligence career in the Army 40 years ago, Travers is instinctively cautious.
"On a daily basis, 10,000 reports come across our ops center and eyes are put on every one of those," said Russ Travers, deputy director of the center, who has been here, on and off, since it was established 16 years ago.
"There are in the neighborhood of 16,000 names within those pieces of information. We have to process all of that," he added.
The U.S. fight against terrorism is at a key juncture. More than 17 years after the 2001 attacks by al-Qaida, that group is no longer the force it was. And the Islamic State has lost its core territory.
Despite these U.S. successes, a host of evolving threats remain. So what should the U.S. effort look like going forward?
As someone who began his intelligence career in the Army 40 years ago, Travers is instinctively cautious.
With ISIS And Al-Qaida Weakened, U.S. Faces An Evolving Anti-Terror Mission
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Most Interesting... The Key Point To Take away... Never Slack Off... Always Be Vigilant... The Evil Is Always There And Looking For A way To Bloom … Thanks For The Share...
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As we have seen, we've had white supremacist kill a whole bunch of people. NPR did a story that the security apparatus was focusing at Muslims extremists and overlooking many of the white, National supremacist or Neo-Nazi or white nationalist Fringe groups that have killed a few dozen people this year.
We have an enemy from within that we have to monitor. I remember even in basic training, our drill sergeants warned us to keep weapons out of sight and we were going from our base at Fort McClellan Alabama to a training area outside the base because there were militias not too far from Fort McClellan.
We have an enemy from within that we have to monitor. I remember even in basic training, our drill sergeants warned us to keep weapons out of sight and we were going from our base at Fort McClellan Alabama to a training area outside the base because there were militias not too far from Fort McClellan.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) Attended All My Training as a Spook at Corry Station which was the Primary Training Facility for about All Military Spooks at the Time and You Didn't have to Travel Far Off Base to be Aware of the KKK Presence.
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