Are Efforts to Reduce Terrorism Successful? | Intelligence Gathering Is the Best Way to Reduce Terrorism
Joel Garreau is a staff writer for the Washington Post. He has also authored Edge City: Life on the New Frontier and The Nine Nations of North America.
Terrorist organizations are human networks, not armies. They rely on trust, relationships, and communication to operate. Military operations and bombing campaigns will be ineffective against such groups because they will not destroy the trust and connections those networks are built upon. Therefore, the most effective way to reduce terrorism is to wage a war of wits. With good intelligence gathering...
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