Glenn Corn is a former Senior Executive in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who worked for 34 years in the U.S. Intelligence, Defense, and Foreign Affairs communities. He spent over 17 years serving overseas and served as the U.S. President’s Senior Representative on Intelligence and Security issues. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of World Politics.
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Years ago, while working on a Counterterrorism operation in an unnamed country, the team I was working with was fortunate enough to disrupt a terrorist plot and capture several extremists who were planning to conduct attacks.
In the process, we also collected a wealth of information that was in the possession of this terrorist cell, which in the parlance of the Special Operations and Intelligence Community, is commonly referred to as “Site Exploitation” or “SITEX”, materials that can be exploited for intelligence collection purposes.
Among the documents was a manual written by Al-Qa’ida and translated into the local language so that it could be used for training new recruits and Jihadists. Being one of the only officers that spoke the local language, it fell upon me to translate key parts of the document.
As I read through the material, I found that the authors had used an interesting analogy to help new recruits understand how they would wage war against their enemies. Recognizing that the terrorist groups were smaller and less well-funded than...
An historic Quebec church caught fire in October 2024, but an investigation found no evidence that the blaze was intentionally set and no arrests were made, authorities told AFP. Almost one year la...