Counterterrorism Blog

Matthew Levitt, Former Senior Treasury Official, Rejoins As Contributing Expert

By Andrew Cochran

Matthew Levitt, one of our original Contributing Experts, rejoins us today as a Contributing Expert. Matthew returns to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as the Director of the Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence, and Policy after a stint as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury Department for intelligence and analysis at the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Matthew is highly respected in the CT community known for his outstanding work on Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as on other groups, and for his contributions to the investigations of the financing of the 9-11 attack. You can read his past CT Blog posts in his archives section. He's the author of two books, Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad and Targeting Terror: U.S. Policy toward Middle Eastern State Sponsors and Terrorist Organizations, Post-September 11.