In this episode of Intelligence Matters, President Biden's Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the National Security Council Russ Travers speaks with host Michael Morell about the varied and diffuse array of terrorist threats to the United States. A career intelligence officer and former acting and deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Travers offers a history of Islamist terrorism and describes how splintered, geographically dispersed networks tied to ISIS and Al Qaeda continue to pose a threat to the U.S.. Travers and Morell also discuss the increase in racially and ethnically motivated attacks by domestic groups, and why preventing them poses a complex set of challenges for U.S. law enforcement and intelligence communities. Travers also shares thoughts on how to responsibly move resources away from counterterrorism toward Great Power competition.
Stanford Professor and Author Amy Zegart
CIA's Former Deputy Director for Science and Technology Dawn Meyerriecks
State Department Counselor Derek Chollet on Top Foreign Policy Challenges
Applying Cold War Lessons to Great Power Competition: Historian Hal Brands
Michael Morell on the Top Global Threats in 2022
"Best Of" Intelligence Matters: Clarissa Ward
"Best Of" Intelligence Matters: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Former CIA Operations Officer Turned Novelist Jim Lawler
China's Ambitions: Graham Allison, Hal Brands and Ketian Zhang
Dealing with the Taliban: Former Afghanistan Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis on Stemming Cyber Threats
Defense Intelligence Agency Director LTG Scott Berrier on Global Threats
Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta on Top Security Threats
Escalating Tensions with Tehran: Iran Expert Norman Roule
Putin's Russia: Former Ambassador Michael McFaul
The Syria Conflict: Former CIA Analyst David McCloskey
CIA Chief Historian David Robarge on Pivotal Global Events
Hayden Center Panel on Intelligence and War in Afghanistan
The Insurrectionist Movement in the United States: Professor Robert Pape
Michael Morell on 9/11, the CIA and Afghanistan: Part 2
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