Why extremism is so difficult to detect in America - Ali

With the recent arrest of Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette has turned to the Ford School's Javed Ali for insights on extremism in the state. Ali told the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette that combatting extremist attacks in the U.S. is "so so hard, because there are very few tools the FBI can use." He commented "You really have to get lucky sometimes in sort of catching people when they make that transition from being radicalized to then being mobilized... It’s plausible that Mr. Mangione’s fame will inspire similar attack."

Faculty Expert

Javed Ali

Associate Professor of Practice

Ali is a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, with over 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington, D.C. He served in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he also held senior positions on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council.

• Javed Ali
• Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
• Security
• extremism
• Countering Violent Extremism
• Pennsylvania