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Innovation & Technology

To level the playing field against states that have more resources and hold much more power terrorists need to innovate and use technology in creative and enterprising ways. We have written reports and articles about terrorists’ use of encrypted communication tools, weaponization of commercially-available drones, and other topics. See below for details.

Sentinel Articles

Financing Terror Bit by Bit
Ebola: Not an Effective Biological Weapon for Terrorists
The ISIL’s Theft of WMD Components in Iraq
The Biohacker: A Threat to National Security
The Risk of Non-State Actors Acquiring Chemical Weapons in Syria
The Risks Posed by Jihadist Hackers
Tweeting for the Caliphate: Twitter as the New Frontier for Jihadist Propaganda
Defining Cyberterrorism: Capturing a Broad Range of Activities in Cyberspace
Information Wars: Assessing the Social Media Battlefield in Syria
Bioterrorism: Still a Threat to the United States

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