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Search ResultsSearch Results from Counterterrorism Blog14 result(s) displayed (1 - 14): The financial state of Al Qaeda and the TalibanAs my colleague Matt Levitt wrote, the Washington Institute recently hosted David Cohen, the Treasury assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, as part of its lecture series with senior counterterrorism officials. Over the past year, al-Qaeda's chief in... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on April 12, 2010 11:03 AM Pulling the Curtain Back on Counterthreat Finance Initiative... FinallyToday, in a hearing room before (maybe) 50 people and with no "media elite" reporters present, a Congressional subcommittee finally pulled the curtain back on the single most effective counterfinancing measure in this decade, the joint Defense-Treasury counterthreat financing initiative.... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on March 11, 2009 9:50 PM CFT: The Imperative of Interagency SynergyEarlier today I had the opportunity to testify before the The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities at a hearing on "Tracking and Disrupting Terrorist Financial Networks: A Potential Model for Inter-agency Success?" I argued that... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on March 11, 2009 8:32 PM Congress to Examine Counterthreat Finance Successes & PlansThe U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, will hold a hearing on March 11 titled, "Tracking and Disrupting Terrorist Financial Networks: A Potential Model for Inter-agency Success?" The... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on March 4, 2009 1:38 PM Stuart Levey, Top Counter-Terror Financing Official, to Be Acting Treasury SecretaryWhile the selection of Cabinet Secretaries in the Obama Administration draws the most press attention, the CT community is also concerned about those sub-Secretarial appointments who drive policy formulation, international negotiations, and execution of Presidential and Secretarial decisions - the... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on January 15, 2009 10:43 AM Defense Department Further Institutionalizes "Threat Finance Cell" ConceptMichael Yon has posted the new directive, sigend three days ago by Deputy Defense Secretary England, which provides the clearest statement yet of DoD policy and command responsibilities for "counterthreat finance" operations. The directive permanently institutionalizes the "threat finance cell"... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on December 5, 2008 10:10 AM U.S. Should Establish Threat Finance Cells to Monitor Hezbollah's Worldwide ActivitiesIn my opinion, the single most effective counter-measure that the U.S. government has taken against terrorist financing in the past three to four years was to integrate counter-terrorist financing theory and techniques into the worldwide counterinsurgency efforts of the Pentagon,... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on October 30, 2008 12:02 AM The Success of the Fusion Strategy in Counterterror OperationsAfter a few years in the wilderness, the U.S. military and its allies in other parts of the world have honed the cutting edge of a significant series of steps that are yielding highly successful results in combatting non-state armed... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on September 8, 2008 11:02 AM Addressing Asymmetric Threats: Shifts at the Pentagon And Strategic Communications StrategyLast Thursday, I was honored to chair one of four panels at a special seminar, "Dealing with Today's Asymmetric Threat," co-sponsored by the National Defense University and CACI International, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Foundation. The purpose of the seminar... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on May 15, 2008 11:42 AM Treasury Designates Individuals with Ties to Syria, Al Qaida, and Sunni TerroristsThe U.S. Treasury continued its campaign to squeeze the finances of Al Qaida in Iraq and Sunni terrorists in Iraq by designating seven individuals with ties to the insurgency and Saddam Hussein's regime. One was designated for supporting Al-Qaida in... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on December 6, 2007 11:25 AM In "Call for Donations," Al Qaeda Admits Financial StressOn November 20, I posted on the success of the U.S.-led Iraq Threat Finance Cell in disrupting Al Qaeda in Iraq's financial network. Reuven Paz, one of the leading experts in the CT community and the founder and Director of... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on November 26, 2007 11:13 AM U.S. "Iraq Threat Finance Cell" Puncturing Insurgents' Financial NetworkOn November 2, I posted on the degree of integration of a "threat finance" mindset into the Pentagon's intelligence and military operations, and discussed the Iraq Threat Finance Cell co-directed in Baghdad by DoD and the Treasury Department. Today's Washington... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on November 20, 2007 5:29 AM Fighting Terrorist Financing: Canada's Problems and Pentagon's "Threat Finance" InitiativesOn October 24, I posted three suggestions for federal financial regulators in the U.S. to consider to improve anti-terrorist financing efforts. Two separate terrorist financing issues worth considering include (1) a recent report which raises questions whether Canada's financial intelligence... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on November 2, 2007 4:14 PM First U.S. Defense Department Study on Disrupting Terrorist Financing ReleasedThe U.S. Army Command and General Staff College has released to the public a study titled, "Disrupting Threat Finances: Utilization of Financial Information to Disrupt Terrorist Organizations in the Twenty-First Century" (166-page Acrobat document). To my knowledge, it's the first... Posted in Counterterrorism Blog on October 12, 2007 8:05 AM Movable Type search results powered by Fast Search |