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Operations, Plots & Attacks

Learn more about specific terrorist operations, plots, and attacks through the case studies, profiles, and lessons learned articles that we have produced.

September 8, 2021

Twenty Years After 9/11: Reflections from Michael Morell, Former Acting Director of the CIA

Paul Cruickshank, Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel

July 9, 2021

Pride & Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys

Matthew Kriner, Jon Lewis

The Conspiracy to Kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Graham Macklin

May 20, 2021

A View from the CT Foxhole: Idriss Mounir Lallali, Deputy Director, African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT)

Jason Warner

April 27, 2021

The Revival of the Pakistani Taliban

Abdul Sayed, Tore Hamming

The March 2021 Palma Attack and the Evolving Jihadi Terror Threat to Mozambique

Tim Lister

Uniting for Total Collapse: The January 6 Boost to Accelerationism

Brian Hughes, Cynthia Miller-Idriss

A View from the CT Foxhole: Admiral (Retired) William H. McRaven, Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Nicholas Rasmussen, Former National Counterterrorism Center Director, Reflect on the Usama bin Ladin Raid

Audrey Alexander

February 25, 2021

A View from the CT Foxhole: Mary McCord, Executive Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center

Audrey Alexander, Kristina Hummel

February 18, 2021

The Evolution of the Boogaloo Movement