Brian Jenkins
![Brian Jenkins](/assets/img/authors/unknown.jpg)
Brian Jenkins
brought certain happened might unfold
If this happened before 9/11, I'm not certain they would have brought it into a courtroom. They might have let it unfold a bit.
armies certain cults extent
This is the way cults recruit. To a certain extent ... this is the way armies recruit.
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.
efforts israeli lesson
I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.
chase
Do we want to chase them out of the subways and into the streets? Probably yes.
general operations
This is not the Prussian general staff. They don't think about operations the way we think about operations.
results
The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising,
components seen shocking
It is shocking but not a surprise. The components of these things have been seen before.
bay deciding either final next plan today
I'll get today out of the way first before deciding on a final plan of attack, but it's probably either the Hawkes Bay Guineas next or the Caulfield Guineas,
believed bombing hoped suicide tactic threat
We believed or hoped that the tactic of a suicide bombing would not be exported. This is a new threat for us.
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.
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.