Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Homeland Security
By Matthew Levitt
In the latest in its series of lectures by senior US counterterrorism officials, today The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hosted the Department of Homeland Security's Undersecretary for Intelligence, Mr. Charlie Allen. Mr. Allen is the Department of Homeland Security's chief intelligence officer, reporting directly to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. Previously, he served as assistant director of central intelligence for collection, a position he assumed in 1998. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Allen served in the CIA beginning in 1958, holding a variety of positions of increasing responsibility both in analytic and managerial capacities.
Mr. Allen spoke on "Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Homeland Security." His on-the-record remarks are available here.
Press coverage of previous lectures in this series, is available here.