Terrorism & Extremism

[Counter-jihadists] sell a lot of books and scare the hell out of American, but their policy recommendations range from vague to downright harmful...national security professionals on both side of the aisle are freaking out [about the influence of counter-jihadists on Trump].

The objective of this kind of [safe zones] project may be described as fundamentally humanitarian, but the reality is that any number of parties, starting with the Assad regime and the Islamic State, are going to see it as a threat, and that’s going to make it a target instead of a safe place.

No vetting system is perfect, but if you look at those who have been arrested for suspicions of being linked to the Islamic State, for example, the vast majority have been American citizens.