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In the Media

Ali contextualizes insurrection criminal cases

May 30, 2021 Fox 2 Detroit

A man from Michigan is facing charges associated with the January 6 insurrection. Javed Ali provided some insight about the criminal cases stemming from the insurrection. "This is not the first instance of this happening, this is just the...

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Ali calls for refocusing of U.S. counterterrorism efforts

May 17, 2021

“Four months after the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Biden administration has rolled out a series of measures to combat the serious threat of domestic terrorism,” Javed Ali, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford...

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On 10th anniversary of bin Laden killing, Ali notes major domestic terrorism threats

May 5, 2021

As the 10th anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden passed on April 30, Javed Ali noted that the U.S. is at an inflection point with respect to counterterrorism away from an international threat, and that trend has been developing for a couple...

In the Media

Ali discusses the danger of the Oath Keepers on '60 Minutes'

Apr 18, 2021 CBS News 60 Minutes

"What makes the Oath Keepers unique and challenging, beyond the fact that they are a formal group with chapters all over the country, is that a large percentage have tactical training and operational experience in either the military or law...

In the Media

Ali speaks about new wave domestic terrorism and social media

Mar 24, 2021 WLNS

According to Javed Ali, the "new wave" of domestic terrorism is complicated by the increased use of social media, and the inability to prosecute even when it's used to instigate action. "The line between what’s constitutionally protected versus what...

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Ali evaluates past and present threats of domestic violent extremism, calls for action by Congress and Administration

Mar 18, 2021

In recent articles, Javed Ali weighed in on the FBI’s investigation of the December 2020 Nashville bombing, and a new government threat assessment finding that the threat of attacks by domestic violent extremists could be “elevated” in 2021. In...

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New attorney general will address domestic extremism threat, which Ali calls a “fifth wave” of U.S. terrorism

Feb 28, 2021

The United States is experiencing a ”fifth wave” of terrorism, according to Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali, after “Anarchist, Anti-Colonialist, New Left, and Religious” periods. He writes in an essay in The Cipher Brief that this wave...

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Ali on white nationalist violence and the Capitol siege

Feb 11, 2021

As the nation watched the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump lay out a timeline for the causes and actual insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, Ford School Towsley Policymaker-in-Residence Javed Ali has been commenting on many...

In the Media

Atran on strengthening community bonds to combat extremist movements

Feb 7, 2021 MLive

“It was fairly under control because the public space didn’t allow for extremists to come out into the open back then. They were in the closet and had to hide,” Scott Atran said. “But that’s not the case now, (the FBI) lost the tread and allowed it...

Publication

Policy memo: Ali on "A new framework to combat domestic terrorism"

Feb 4, 2021

As the Biden administration embarks on its first hundred days, experts from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy have produced a series of policy briefs on key issues. Download the PDF of this brief or read the web-formatted version...

In the Media

Ali says Biden administration needs a comprehensive new approach to domestic terror

Feb 2, 2021 The Cipher Brief

Ali wrote in The Cipher Brief, with co-author Thomas Warrick, "given the shortfalls in the existing US approach to domestic terrorism, the Biden administration’s focus should include everything: changes on the legal, intelligence policy, resources,...

In the Media

Ali on combating online extremism

Jan 27, 2021 The Cipher Brief

In the aftermath of the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th, Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali suggests a number of policy changes related to tracking violent extremist content online, including, "greater emphasis on...

News

Amid unprecedented security for the Inauguration, Ali argues the domestic terrorism will remain main U.S. security threat

Jan 19, 2021

Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali, who spent his career in counterterrorism, including as a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said the massive and unprecedented security measures taken in advance...

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Ali comments on social media bans, imminent danger from domestic terror groups

Jan 16, 2021

Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali has been sought-after by news outlets around the world for his expertise in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. Excerpts The National While the purge disrupted communication among extremist...

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Hanson gives historical perspective to violence in Washington

Jan 8, 2021

The seeds of the violence that took place in Washington, DC, on January 6, can be traced back to President Trump’s rhetoric in his 2016 campaign, his statements during the re-election campaign over the summer, and even to the Michigan statehouse...

In the Media

'The Base' has features of an international terrorism group, says Ali

Nov 2, 2020 The National

“The Base [a Michigan-based paramilitary group] seems to have more of the features of groups that you would see on the international terrorism side,” said Ali. “They’re not posting on the internet with tongue-in-cheek kind of memes and hinting at...

In the Media

Despite arrest of leader of white supremacist group, Ali says more needs to be done

Oct 30, 2020 Feds arrest leader of white supremacy group who ran 'hate camp' in Michigan

“This case is very serious and it’s indicative of the threat, not only from this particular group, but the broader one (from domestic terrorists.) We’re not going to see the last of these,” Ford school Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali told...

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Michigan kidnap arrests show danger of domestic terror close to home

Oct 8, 2020

Ford School of Public Policy Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali says the arrests announced October 8 of anti-government plotters who they said were conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer shows the threat of domestic...

In the Media

Ali: More objective, nonpartisan DHS homeland threat assessment encouraging

Oct 7, 2020 Washington Post

“Given the politicization that has occurred on so many issues within the department, it’s encouraging that the homeland threat assessment takes a much more objective and nonpartisan perspective on cataloguing all these threats,” said Javed Ali to...

Ali says “Boogaloo” movement is disparate and dangerous

Jun 22, 2020

A June 19 ABC News report about the murder of a Federal Protective Service officer in Oakland in May highlighted the suspects’ ties to the “Boogaloo” movement, which has been linked to other violent attacks. Ford School Towsley Foundation...

Ali shares counterterrorism expertise with media following mass shootings

Aug 6, 2019

After two mass shootings the weekend of August 3, 2019, Javed Ali joined with other former senior directors for counterterrorism at the National Security Council in a statement on domestic terrorism. The statement read in part “it has become...

Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series

Domestic violent extremism: Threats, policies, and new approaches

Mar 29, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

Discussion will explore what key factors led to the insurrection on January 6, what policy gaps were exposed in the run-up to the events, and how different approaches are needed to tackle this threat before it worsens.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Radicalization, recruitment, and domestic terrorism - An expert's perspective

Nov 10, 2021 1:00:08

Cynthia Miller-Idriss explores the rise in far-right radicalization through the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. November, 2021.

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Domestic violent extremism: Threats, policies, and new approaches

Mar 29, 2021 1:02:57

Our panelists explore what key factors led to the insurrection on January 6, what policy gaps were exposed in the run-up to the events, and how different approaches are needed to tackle this threat before it worsens.

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