Daniel L. Byman

People pray next to a row of crosses representing each of the victims at a growing memorial site two days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC15060501D0

How big tech can fight white supremacist terrorism

Daniel L. Byman and Chris Meserole

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about privacy during his keynote at Facebook Inc's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - HP1EF4U1CO4AA

How to create a terrorism designation process useful to technology companies

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, August 5, 2019

People take part in a rally against hate a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1D166C1490

Right-wingers are America’s deadliest terrorists

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, August 5, 2019

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Vishant Patel, senior manager of investigations at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, shows a heat map and talks about how malicious computer networks known as the Citadel Botnets attack computers in Western Europe at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center in Redmond, Washington November 11, 2013. Microsoft, the maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers by bringing together security engineers, digital forensics experts and lawyers trained in fighting software pirates under one roof at its new Cybercrime Center. Picture taken November 11, 2013. To match Feature MICROSOFT-CYBERCRIME/ REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) - GM1E9BE1NSH01

Terrorist definitions and designations lists

Chris Meserole and Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 19, 2019

Counter-protesters carrying signs in support of guns and Trump stand across from "March for Our Lives", an organized demonstration to end gun violence, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon - RC1DC45DF570

Right-wing terrorism could get even worse after Trump

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 12, 2019

Supporters of white nationalist leader Jason Kessler arrive to take a subway to leave the area after a Washington, D.C. rally marking the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right protests, while en route to Vienna, Virginia, U.S. August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart - RC1B965196F0

Does America face a threat from within?

Daniel L. Byman

The National Interest Tuesday, June 18, 2019

John Walker Lindh

Foreign fighters are dangerous—for the groups they join

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

An undated photograph of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud that was published in the Islamic State's online magazine Dabiq and posted on a social media website. A Belgian national currently in Syria and believed to be one of Islamic State's most active operators is suspected of being behind Friday's attacks in Paris, acccording to a source close to the French investigation. "He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe," the source told Reuters of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, adding he was investigators' best lead as the person likely behind the killing of at least 129 people in Paris on Friday. According to RTL Radio, Abaaoud is a 27-year-old from the Molenbeek suburb of Brussels, home to other members of the militant Islamist cell suspected of having carried out the attacks. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. - GF20000061805

When jihadists come back home

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, May 23, 2019

A Sri Lankan soldier walks past a burnt shop after a mob attack in Kottampitiya, Sri Lanka May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC11D04F5E40

You can’t defeat tomorrow’s terrorists by fighting yesterday’s enemy

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, May 16, 2019