Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Target USA - Ep 23 - Blame-and-Claim Terror Cycle Drives New Attacks

July 28, 2016

What's behind ISIL's wave of attacks in Europe? Is the U.S. next? The attacks are mostly conducted by radicalized individuals. Where are they finding these people? Why is ISIL's call being answered by so many people that are not followers of their ideology? How is it the media is actually driving ISIL's success? What is the one question we should ask before calling an attack terrorism? We discuss this and more on this week's program with former CIA and FBI executive Philip Mudd and Robin Simcox, Margaret Thatcher Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.