Brian Jenkins
Brian Jenkins
armies certain cults extent
This is the way cults recruit. To a certain extent ... this is the way armies recruit.
fly passengers question
If we're going to fly them, put passengers in them, luggage, freight, parcels, then we're going to make hundreds of compromises with security. It's only a question of how many compromises.
dealing disparate foes host israelis less terrorist
When you're dealing with a disparate host of terrorist foes over time, as the Israelis have confronted, then it has less effect.
carry dealing lethal operate operations potential
We are now dealing with many little al-Qaidas with the potential of neighborhood al-Qaidas. They may not be able to carry out specialized operations ... but they can still operate at a lethal level.
attack increased risks single terrorist threats
These threats are real, ... but the increased probability of a terrorist attack does not increase the risks to any single individual.
adept audiences broader communication direct effective exploiting fully gives internet marketing modern potential segment
The Internet gives them direct access. It even allows them to segment their audiences so they can communicate with potential recruits, with those who are already in the organization, and with broader sympathetic audiences as well as their enemy. They can do ... modern marketing and these communications have enabled them to be very, very effective and they've been increasingly adept in exploiting this. I don't think we have yet fully fathomed the sophistication of their communication strategy.
believe deception disguise people results
The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising. People believe what they see or what they think they see. Deception and disguise often work.
results
The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising,
chase
Do we want to chase them out of the subways and into the streets? Probably yes.
authority challenge deal grab hijacking pistol plane proper sit tight
Get the plane on the ground. Let the authorities deal with the hijackers. As in a mugging, the thing you don't want to do is grab the pistol out of the mugger's hand. Give the mugger your wallet. In a hijacking the proper thing to do is sit tight and not challenge the hijackers.
abandoned activity british closed effect experience learned marked people provide rapid readily reports response suspicious systems telephones
What we've learned from the British experience is that if people are admonished to notify authorities of suspicious activity or abandoned parcels, if you then readily have communications systems for them to do that -- telephones that are marked -- and you provide rapid response when reports are made, then in effect you have closed the loop.
bought looking space stuff
I was looking for a space heater today, which I found, but a lot of the other stuff I bought isn't stuff that I really need.
driving front ran
He said he was driving on U.S. 250 and said someone ran in front of him.