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START in the News

June 2012

AFP: US drones 'could destabilize Pakistan'
Middle East Online: Libi loss is serious blow for Al-Qaeda
NYTimes: Choosing From the Many Lessons of Sept. 11
UMD: DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR TEACHER Gary LaFree
AFP: Al-Libi ran Al-Qaeda central’s propaganda machine
Science Magazine: Parsing Terrorism

May 2012

BSOS News: Career Symposium
AFP: A year after bin Laden's death, is Al Qaeda deterred?
CNN: Alleged 9/11 Plotters Facing Justice; Obama's Campaign Kickoff; Bin Laden's Secret Letters
Oxford University Press: A cause for celebration?

April 2012

The Wall Street Journal: Seth Jones: Al Qaeda Is Far From Defeated
START-related research among most viewed in Homeland Security Digital Library
Salon: Is this man a terrorist?
Unknown: START partner receives grant from DHS
Baltimore Sun: Former Islamic jihadist teaches Middle Eastern politics at Washington College
Mobilizing Ideas: The Global Terrorism Database: Support for Terrorism as a Fundamental Instrument of Social Movements

March 2012

C-SPAN: Religious Freedom and Extremism: Lessons from the Arab Spring
Amarillo: Kony 2012: Online documentary draws attention to warlord
Security Management: Assembling an Archive of Terror: An interview with START director Gary LaFree
the Diamondback:
START research on CBRN weapons featured in top academic journal
The Foundry: Protecting America from Online Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
The Bulletin: Fearful of a nuclear Iran? The real WMD nightmare is Syria

February 2012

Eurasia Review: comments on START's 'Hot Spots' of Terror Report
Majalla: A Handshake to Kill
Defense Media Network: A Maturing Initiative
Various: Hot spots of terrorism and other crimes in the United States, 1970 to 2008
Data from GTD featured in Newsweek cover story

January 2012

Center for Policy Research: Project on Violent Conflict receives $1M Grant

December 2011

New York Times: Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates
The Dispatch: Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates

November 2011

Huffington Post: Counterterrorism Czar Resists Muslim Labels, As Critics Say Right-Wing Threat Looms Larger
Huffington Post: Abortion related terrorism
Fierce Homeland Security: LaFree: Terrorism is 'bursty'
Detroit Free Press: Jeff Gerritt: Other big cities find ways to cut violence
Canoe: Strong support for Shariah in Canada

October 2011

Radio News Service: Experts Find Little Evidence Connecting Drug, Human Smugglers

September 2011

The Daily Beast: Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11
The National Interest: MeK, Iran and the War for Washington
National Interest: MeK, Iran and the War for Washington
International Business Times: Far right domestic terrorism on par with foreign threat, experts say
Various: START Investigators comment on 9/11 ten year anniversary
Various: Catastrophe and Catalyst: 10 Years since 9/11

July 2011

CNN: Far right domestic terrorism on par with foreign threat, experts say
E-International Relations: After Osama bin Laden: Is there a Future for Al Qaeda?

June 2011

Security Management: How 9-11 Has Driven Technology Advancements

May 2011

Various: START Researchers Comment on Death of bin Laden
START Data and Researchers quoted in Articles on Killing of Osama Bin Laden

April 2011

Sojourners: People Power

February 2011

Homeland Security Today: Counternarcotics, Terrorism & Intelligence King and Thompson Clash Over Hearing on Domestic Extremism