counterterrorism

If the Palace of Westminster were a village - the Head of Counter Terrorism police tells us - NO one would dare to live there.

Today we ask why so many of our MPs face threats to life - and what it's doing to our democracy more broadly, in terms of how they vote and speak out.

Also, should we be concerned about actual terrorist acts from countries like China and Russia and Iran - are they operating on our streets - without the public even knowing?

Editor: Tom Hughes

Producer: Laura FitzPatrick

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

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This week is the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. 20 years ago, 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 airliners, three of which hit their targets: Tower 1 and Tower 2 of the World Trade Center as well as the Pentagon. It resulted in 2,997 deaths and 25,000 injuries - altering forever, the fabric of American life. 

The following day, in an address to the nation, President George W. Bush declared war on the terrorists who committed these acts. Closely involved with the decisions and operations to come, was National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, who joins us today to discuss the anniversary and the latest developments we’ve witnessed the past few weeks in Afghanistan and her own personal experience with the tragic day that we, as a nation, will never forget.

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Barack Obama talks about his memoir "A Promised Land," discusses his many leadership programs worldwide and gives his take on the Black Lives Matter movement. Originally aired December 2020.

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0:00:00 - Opening

0:06:00 - Mike Glover, Army Infantryman and Special Forces Soldier.

3:29:10 - Final thoughts.

3:34:07 - How to stay on THE PATH.

3:50:31 - Closing Gratitude.

Robert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War.

Footnotes:

1. Operation Desert Fraud
2. Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul
3. Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico
4. Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe
5. Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge
6. The Man Who Believed Himself
7. The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema
8. Freelance Terrorist Hunter
9. Tin Soldier
10. Convicted Torturer, Vigilante in Mexican Stand-Off
11. Jack Idema
12. Jack Idema, jailed for torturing Afghans, reportedly dies in Mexico

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Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psychology of terrorist groups, and why so many young people leave behind promising futures to join them.

The White House is hosting an anti-terror summit next week. Summits being what they are, we try to offer some useful advice.

Figuring out what makes a terrorist tick is not easy, but law enforcement and counterterrorism officials have been turning to psychologists to try to do just that. Psychologist John Horgan, PhD, has spoken face-to-face with former members of violent extremist organizations in an effort to understand how and why people become involved in terrorism as well as why some eventually turn away from such extremism.

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