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Homegrown Terrorists in the US & UK:
An Empirical Examination of the Radicalization Process
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Laura Grossman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Intelligence services and experts are increasingly paying attention to the threat of “homegrown terrorism,” terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals who were either born or raised in the West. Homegrown terrorists pose a particular concern due to the increasing number of Westerners joining militant Islamic movements, and the operatives’ familiarity with the societies they are targeting. In recent years, over two hundred men and women born or raised in the West have participated in, or provided support for Islamic terrorist plots and attacks. Several studies have examined the demographics of homegrown Islamic terrorists, and a lesser number of studies have examined their social affiliations. But to date, no study has empirically examined the process through which these terrorists are radicalizing, which constitutes a substantial gap in the literature. This study addresses the present gap through an empirical examination of behavioral manifestations of the radicalization process in 117 homegrown “jihadist” terrorists from the United States and United Kingdom.

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BasicsProject.org White Papers [Back to Top]
Al Taqiyya: The Islamist Terrorist Weapon of Deception Frank Salvato, Director of Terrorism Studies
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Reports [Back to Top]
A Review of the FBI's Use of National Security Letters US Justice Department
Countering Online Radicalisation: A Strategy for Action Tim Stevens & Dr. Peter R. Neumann, International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence
Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate: April 2006 Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Guide to Wahhabi Organizations in North America Jamaluddin B. Hoffman, Center for Policing Terrorism
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al. US Supreme Court Decision
Iraq Study Group Report Iraq Study Group
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites Congressional Research Service
Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background Congressional Research Service
Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11 US Intelligence Committees
Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Decision US District Court of Michigan - Southern Division
Latin America: Terrorism Issues Mark P. Sullivan
Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology Invade American Mosques Freedom House
Statutory Procedures Under Which Congress Is To Be Informed of U.S. Intelligence Activities, Including Covert Actions CRS
Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the Brink The Senlis Council - Afghanistan
Terrorism Financing: Origination, Organization and Prevention Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Gov't Affairs
Terrorist & Organized Crime Groups in the Tri-Border Area od So. America Rex Hudson
The 9/11 Commission Report Site Institute
The Battle for Hearts & Minds Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
The Growing Terrorism Challenges From Latin America International Assessment & Strategy Center
The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya Congressional Research Service
The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism The White House
“To Our Great Detriment": Ignoring Wnat Extremists Say About Jihad Stephen Coughlin, Major, Military Intelligence, USAR

Studies [Back to Top]
Beyond al-Qaeda - Part 1: The Global Jihadist Movement RAND Corporation
Beyond al-Qaeda - Part 2: The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe RAND Corporation
Education Versus Jihad Walid Phares, Homeland Security Today
External Signs of Radicalization and Jihadist Militancy Javier Jordan & Fernando M. Manas, University of Granada (Spain)
Hamas Exploitation of Civilians as Human Shields Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
Homegrown Terrorists in the US & UK:An Empirical Examination of the Radicalization Process Gartenstein-Ross & Grossman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream Pew Research Center
Recommendations for Combating Domestic Islamic Terrorism US Army War College
Terrorism & the Internet: Hezbollah's Use of the Internet to Distrubute Anti-Western Incitement Center for Special Studies
The Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islam Michael G. Knapp, US Army War College
The Sociology & Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
US Counterterrorism Strategy Must Address Ideological, Political Factors RAND Corporation

Testimonies [Back to Top]
A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border House Committee on Homeland Security
Does the First Amendment Place the Institutional Media Above the Law of Classified Secrets? Claremont Institute
Echelon and the Legal Restraints on Signals Intelligence: A Need for Reevaluation Lawrence D. Sloan, Duke University
Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science & Technology Jeffrey W. Runge, MD, House Committee on Homeland Security
Intercepting Radicalization at the Indoctrination Stage Congressional Testimony, Dr. Walid Phares
Pakistan's Fata Challenge: Securing One of the World's Most Dangerous Areas John Negroponte, Senate Testimony
Perspectives on the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Rand Corporation, Roger C. Molander
Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks? Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Gov't Affairs
The Threat of Eco-Terrorism James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, FBI
Robert E. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies CATO Institute
US Counterterrorism Policy in Asia and the Pacific Ambassador Cofer Black
Venezuela: Terrorism Hub of South America? Frank C. Urbancic, US State Department

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