Half. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon and welcome to to the Washington Institute for near east policy and to the latest in our Stein Program on counterterrorism and intelligence, counterterrorism lecture series. Its my pleasure to have on the podium today buzz ganor, bruce hoffman, marlene mazell an adjunct scholar here, and i am matthew levitt, i direct the Counterterrorism Program here av the Washington Institute. Thank you so much for coming, those of you here in person, and for those watching in cspan land. Terrorist acts conducted by individuals acting on their own, inspired by others, completely alone, not so much alone, its not a new phenomenon. But in the past few years, weve seen an alarming increase in the number of what some have described as lone wolves, lone actors, lone offenders. The Islamic State, certainly, has been very proactive in using its Global Social Media Presence in particular to con transcript individuals, some who have personal problems, others who
Asking to leave . Did he volunteer his resignation . How did that come about . Sec. Sanders im not going to get into the process. As we have said several times before, what matters most as is not who is employed in the white house but who is employed in the rest of the country. We are focused on the president s agenda of growing the economy, creating jobs, and that is what we are going to do. That is what were going to be focused on. John. Was it a chain of command issue . Because scaramucci said that he had a direct line of communication to the president. There has been some speculation that general kelly may try to tighten up the number of inputs the president has. Was it something about the chain of command or have anything to do with the interview scaramucci left . Sec. Sanders look, the president certainly felt that anthonys comments were inappropriate for a person in that position, and he did not want to burden general kelly, also, with that line of succession, as i think we have
Terrorist acts conducted by individuals acting on their own, inspired by others, completely alone, not so much alone, it is not a new phenomenon. But for the past few years, weve seen an alarming increase. And a number of what some would as lone wolves, lone offenders. E isis has been proactive in using their Global Social Media Presence in particular, to conscript individuals, some who have personal problems and some inspired by belonging to a higher cause, to commit acts in their name. Especially if they cannot be able to join the Islamic State, in its socalled caliphate, when that existed. It is now falling apart in iraq and syria. But meanwhile, in other parts of the world, and israel in particular, we are seeing a an sharp rise as well, of individuals taking it upon themselves to carry out acts of violence, without having being recruited by or trained by or armed or funded by an actual group. So the question for todays session is whether this is a looming threat, or a passing fad.
Asking to leave . Did he volunteer his resignation . How did that come about . Sec. Sanders im not going to get into the process. As we have said several times before, what matters most as is not who is employed in the white house but who is employed in the rest of the country. We are focused on the president s agenda of growing the economy, creating jobs, and that is what we are going to do. That is what were going to be focused on. John. Was it a chain of command issue . Because scaramucci said that he had a direct line of communication to the president. There has been some speculation that general kelly may try to tighten up the number of inputs the president has. Was it something about the chain of command or have anything to do with the interview scaramucci left . Sec. Sanders look, the president certainly felt that anthonys comments were inappropriate for a person in that position, and he did not want to burden general kelly, also, with that line of succession, as i think we have
Terrorist acts conducted by individuals acting on their own, inspired by others, completely alone, not so much alone, it is not a new phenomenon. But for the past few years, weve seen an alarming increase. And a number of what some would as lone wolves, lone offenders. E isis has been proactive in using their Global Social Media Presence in particular, to conscript individuals, some who have personal problems and some inspired by belonging to a higher cause, to commit acts in their name. Especially if they cannot be able to join the Islamic State, in its socalled caliphate, when that existed. It is now falling apart in iraq and syria. But meanwhile, in other parts of the world, and israel in particular, we are seeing a an sharp rise as well, of individuals taking it upon themselves to carry out acts of violence, without having being recruited by or trained by or armed or funded by an actual group. So the question for todays session is whether this is a looming threat, or a passing fad.