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.
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work on New Technologies and Military Readiness
Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius on Journalism, the Middle East and Spy Fiction
Africa Expert Judd Devermont on the Continent's Security Challenges and Cooperation Opportunities
Tech Expert Ben Buchanan on the Links Between Artificial Intelligence and National Security
Former PDDNI Sue Gordon on Intelligence Challenges and Career Milestones
Journalist Robert Worth on Profiling Mohammed bin Zayed
Former Senior Pentagon Official-Turned-Congressional Candidate on Running for Office
Former National Security Advisors on Challenges for the Next Commander In Chief
Top Election Security Executive Shelby Pierson on Past, Present and Future Threats
Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley on DIA's Core Mission
Samantha Power on Public Service, Human Rights and Global Stability
Former Head of Digital Innovation at CIA on the Challenges of Technological Change
Iran Expert Barbara Slavin on Tehran's Potential Path Forward
Ambassador Susan Rice on Her Career, U.S. Foreign Policy and America's Role in the World
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Pentagon Oversight
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Adm. Stavridis on the Value of Alliances
Democratic Presidential Candidate Michael Bennet on Foreign Policy and National Security Priorities
North Korea Update: Expert Sue Mi Terry
Former Head of FBI National Security Division on International and Domestic Terrorism
China Expert Chris Johnson on President Xi, Propaganda and A Potential Trade Deal
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