The Terrorist Threat: Existential or Exaggerated? A “Red Cell” Perspective

Author: George C. Fidas - George C. Fidas is an Adjunct Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and veteran of more than thirty years in the Intelligence Community. Mr. Fidas held several analytical and managerial positions at the Central Intelligence Agency, serving also as Deputy and later Acting National Intelligence Officer for Economics and Global Issues on the National Intelligence Council. He served also in the State Department's Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, and as the Director of Central Intelligence's faculty representative to the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces. As his final tour of duty, Mr. Fidas was Director for Outreach in the Office of the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production, where his responsibilities included increasing the nexus between the Intelligence Community and knowledge communities outside the government. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, in February 2007. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

DOI: 10.1080/08850600701854235

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