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August 2014

Dallas News: Can the U.S. out-tweet the terrorists?
CRS: Domestic Terrorism Appears to Be Reemerging as a Priority at the Department of Justice
Vice News: Sovereign Citizens Seen as America's Top Terrorist Threat
Tampa Bay Times: David Gregory: Al-Qaida cast off ISIS as 'too extreme'
War on the Rocks: A Global Picture of Non-State Actors and CBRN
Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact: Al-Qaida cast off ISIS as 'too extreme"
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The scientist and the nuclear smuggler, unexpected connection
CBS Connecticut: Security Breaches Happen Daily Across US That No One Knows About
Israel's Homeland Security Home: Sovereign citizen movement perceived as top terrorist threat
War on the Rocks: Leftist vs Religiously Motivated Terrorism, A Side-by-Side Infographic Comparision
Washington Post: The challenges of collecting terrorism data
RT: Sovereign citizens seen as top terrorist threat by U.S. law enforcement
Tampa Bay Times Pundit Fact Truth-o-meter: Joy Reid compares deaths in Gaza to 9/11 deaths

July 2014

War on the Rocks: What does four decades of terrorism in the U.S. look like?
NK News: Inside the Kim family business: Office 39
NK News: Inside the Kim family business: Office 39
Times Union: Children don't pick terrorists
Los Angeles Post-Examiner: Terrorism can strike any time
War on the Rocks: Terrorism in Southeast Asia-- serious, violent and unique
Politico: The State Department's Twitter Jihad-- Can a bureaucracy out-tweet the terrorists?
War on the Rocks: Terrorism in Latin America infographic
War on the Rocks: Four decades of terrorist tactics around the world, infographic
American Center for Democracy: WMD and the Islamist Threat- An ACD Exclusive
Reuters: The rise of the ISIL, an infographic
Foreign Affairs: Drop Your Weapons— When and Why Civil Resistance Works
War on the Rocks: Infographic visualizing ISIS violence in Iraq and Syria

June 2014

War on the Rocks: Suicide terrorism, past and present infographic
Thomson Reuters: Afghan and Pakistani Taliban attacks
CBS DC: With big cities ramping up counterterrorism efforts, is Midwest a hot target for terrorists?
Michigan News: U.S. should pursue three-pronged strategy in Iraq
War on the Rocks: Country-specific trends in terrorism, 2012- 2013 infographic
The New York Times: Rebels’ Fast Strike in Iraq Was Years in the Making
War on the Rocks: Where Terrorists Attack in 2013 Infographic
HuffPost Live: Las Vegas Shooting is Domestic Terrorism
National Journal: What does terrorism have to do with the keystone pipeline?
InfoAnalisis: Global Terrorism 2013 Infographic

May 2014

The New York Times: West African Nations Set Aside Their Old Suspicions to Combat Boko Haram
Vox: The crisis in Nigeria, in 11 maps and graphs
EWTN: Boko Haram Threatens More Kidnappings
Associated Press: US says Al Qaeda affiliates surge, terrorism spikes

April 2014

Economic Times: India Severely Affected by Terrorism from Pakistan
The Guardian: Global terrorism rose 43% in 2013 despite al-Qaida splintering, US reports
ABC News: Al-Qaida Affiliates Surge, Terrorism Spikes
MyUMBC: Intern of the Week - Aastha Jain
Frequency: Terrorism Expert William Braniff from the University of Maryland explains that important lessons learned from the bombing incident one year ago
Middle East Politics: Civilianization of Politics in Turkey
The Washington Times: More Boston bomber types lurk, officials warn
Moscow Times: FSB Confirms Killing of Terrorist Leader Umarov
The New York Times: At Fort Hood, Wrestling With Label of Terrorism
Master of Homeland Security: 100 Great Twitters for Staying Informed on #HomelandSecurity