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Ali analyzes congressional hearing on threat of TikTok

Mar 23, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "There definitely is a lot of skepticism right now on the Hill, despite the claims from the TikTok CEO about these steps or actions the company has taken to minimize the risk. But I have been listening to the voices of my former...

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Ethical implications of defense funding in social science

Mar 22, 2023

Since World War I, defense funding has been a driver of social science’s growth. The dense ties between social science and defense agencies benefitted social research but also attracted decades of heavy criticism. This long and entangled history has...

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Ali analyzes benefits of designating drug cartels as terrorists

Mar 20, 2023 Federal Newswire

Javed Ali, Federal Newswire: "One of the biggest developments would be bringing material support to terrorism charges against Mexican cartels if so designated by the State Department [and approved by Congress]. These charges have been effective post...

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Ali calls for early warning system for white power activity

Mar 17, 2023 Capital News Service

Javed Ali, Capital News Service: "There needs to be a better effort or early warning system to have conversations with folks about what we need to do and what can we do legally and pulling in law enforcement early as well. Not to make an arrest...

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Ali discusses Russian aircraft incident over Black Sea

Mar 14, 2023 Newsweek

Javed Ali, Newsweek: "[The downing of the drone] serves as a stark reminder of the potential for small-scale incidents like this to further heighten tensions between both sides and possibly trigger unintended escalation in response. The Biden...

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Ali on designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations

Mar 10, 2023 Texas Public Radio

Javed Ali, Texas Public Radio: "It's a complicated process for any organization to be designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization. The State Department and our government take the lead for that. If a designation were to...

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'Cop City' protests weren't peaceful - Ali

Mar 10, 2023 Christian Science Monitor

Javed Ali, Christian Science Monitor: "More and more, state prosecutors are using domestic terrorism statutes for different crimes being committed, whether they’re extremist-related or school shootings. (The incident in Atlanta) wasn’t just a...

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Declaring Mexican cartels as terrorists could help combat threats to US national security

Mar 9, 2023

Republican attorneys general from 21 states are calling on President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to declare Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. They argue that the cartels pose a threat to U.S. national...

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Ali: No authority to use military force to fight drug cartels

Mar 7, 2023 AFP

Javed Ali, AFP: "Unless this resolution or any similar one becomes law, there is currently no explicit legal authority that the president has that directly approves military operations against drug cartels in Mexico. (If there was an attack on US...

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Ali weighs in on threat to Michigan's Jewish officials

Mar 2, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "As the ADL and other organizations have recently noted, there remains a high level of threats from individuals with white supremacist and neo-Nazi views against Jewish communities across the United States. Twitter and other...

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Ali discusses China-Russia relationship

Feb 25, 2023 Newsweek

Javed Ali, Newsweek: "Xi has to make a decision about how to manage that relationship with Russia, and what's most important about that in the fight against Ukraine versus China's biggest strategic ambitions. If the intelligence case was that China...

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Levitsky on the stakes of Biden's Ukraine visit

Feb 24, 2023 Money Control

Melvyn Levitsky, Money Control: "(Biden's visit to Ukraine) shows the US’s and NATO’s support for Ukraine. It is also a warning to Russia and Putin not to escalate. Putin knows that a nuclear exchange would destroy Russia as well as a number of...

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Automated License Plate Readers widely used, subject to abuse

Feb 22, 2023

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are being used by a growing number of public and private entities to track drivers’ movements and location. The use of the technology is almost entirely unregulated and can be subject to abuse, so some...

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Ali analyzes unique Chinese spy balloon incident

Feb 17, 2023 ABC Australia

Javed Ali, ABC Australia: "Over the past week, I would say this is a pretty unusual set of developments from a U.S. national security perspective. And now that I've had a little bit of time to think about it and see how the story is evolving, it's a...

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Ford School welcomes local and state elected officials to boost collaborative work

Feb 16, 2023

Elected officials from local, county, and state government came to the Ford School to hear about the potential for collaborations with their offices and the School’s faculty, research centers, and students. Fifteen members of the Michigan State...

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Ali analyzes Chinese spy balloons with NPR Marketplace

Feb 14, 2023

In the last week, the U.S. has shot down four different objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. One of those has been confirmed as a Chinese surveillance balloon. Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, provided his expertise to NPR Marketplace,...

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Biden needs a new counterterrorism approach - Ali

Feb 10, 2023

Since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the attention towards counterterrorism has withered. However, in a new op-ed for The Hill, national security expert Javed Ali argues that the Biden administration must still prioritize...

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Ciorciari weighs in on Chinese spy balloon

Feb 10, 2023 The Hill

John Ciorciari, The Hill: "This incident makes it likely the U.S. accelerates different kinds of counterintelligence initiatives and expands to areas like, who do we grant visas to? Who is allowed to study at universities? An acceleration of those...

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Ali discusses rogue classified documents

Feb 8, 2023 Real Clear Investigations

Javed Ali, Real Clear Investigations: "You walk into the SCIF with nothing, you walk out of the SCIF with nothing. Whatever 3- or 4-letter agency you’re in, you’re supposed to leave that stuff in the office, because you don’t want any unauthorized...

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Ali featured on 'Good Morning America' to discuss white supremacist plot

Feb 6, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "This is a very serious development and suggests that the far right threat inside the United States, and specifically the neo-Nazi white supremacist threat, is still very...

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Ali analyzes white supremacist plot targeting Baltimore

Feb 6, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "Power grid targets have long been the focus of domestic extremists here in the United States. This perception of vulnerability, it's fairly easy to walk up close to one unless it's guarded with lots of perimeter security. Other...

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Ali on Putin's increased threats toward Ukraine

Feb 2, 2023

Javed Ali, TRT World: "As President Putin alluded to, Russia is a large powerful military and it doesn't look like Russia, up until now, has fully mobilized the complete arsenal that it has at its disposal, in terms of manpower, weapons systems, and...

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Ali discusses controversial domestic terror statute

Jan 28, 2023 NBC News

Javed Ali, NBC News: Ali, a former senior U.S. government counterterrorism official, said such [domestic terrorism] cases highlight what could be a new development at the state and local level where authorities will begin to bring more domestic...

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Ali addresses impact of top FBI official's arrest

Jan 25, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "The arrest of the former head of the FBI New York field office's head of counterintelligence on money laundering charges connected to a Russian oligarch with strong ties to President Putin is a serious development that may have...

Photo of Ann Chih Lin greeting FBI Director Christopher Wray as Javed Ali looks on

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Ali discusses timeline of Biden documents investigation

Jan 20, 2023 The New Republic

Javed Ali, The New Republic: "I don’t think it’s going to wrap up in days, and probably not weeks; I think it’s going to take several months. These special counsel investigations usually take a while to unfold. I think, conservatively, we’re talking...

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Hanson analyzes how classified documents could hurt Biden in 2024

Jan 19, 2023 Folha de Sao Paulo

Jonathan Hanson, Folha de Sao Paulo: "The case shames and removes an advantage that Biden had against Trump. Even if the magnitude of what we're talking about is substantially different, in the number of documents the former president had and the...

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Ali discusses depths Putin will go to in war against Ukraine

Jan 17, 2023 Newsweek

Javed Ali, Newsweek: "The Wagner Group's paramilitary nature and disregard of international human rights and acceptable standards of military conduct also demonstrate the depths Putin's regime will pursue, regardless of the destructive nature of...

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Ali evaluates state of war in Ukraine

Jan 13, 2023 TRT World

Javed Ali, TRT World: "I don't think there's any credible effort to engage in peace talks, just based on the nature of the ferocious fighting in the east. It seems like each side is looking to break through against the other in these pockets, but...

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Ali analyzes Biden classified documents

Jan 13, 2023 CBC

Javed Ali, CBC: "It's really alarming to hear of these two different batches separated by time, and it could be two different circumstances behind them as well, just from what little we know on the outside. But as I've said in some other interviews,...

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Ali comments on Biden classified material case

Jan 12, 2023 CBS News

Javed Ali, CBS News: "As a former intelligence professional, we were all indoctrinated to never leave our offices with any classified material whatsoever. I mean, that's the whole point of the...