Counterterrorism & Intelligence Task Force
Predicated on the notion that the US must develop the national collection plan and capacity needed to evaluate and counter a constantly evolving terror threat, this task force exists to address today’s most salient counterterrorism and intelligence issues, including: the establishment of intelligence requirements; information sharing among local, state, tribal, and federal governments; suspicious activity reporting; the importance of regional threat assessments, and how best to construct the robust analytical capability necessary at all levels of government to provide a rich picture of existent and emerging threats. This body exists to examine the framework through which the United States and other allied nations gather and analyze information about the metastasizing jihadi threat and to propose intelligence priorities, requirements, and processes to better meet it.
The task force will present a short descriptive and prescriptive report containing a clearer vision of the new intelligence structures and processes the United States must possess to better understand and address the evolving jihadi threat. This vision will include recommendations for concrete enhancements in collection, analysis, and sharing. It will also include specific recommendations regarding the weaving together of effort at all levels of government – in the hopes of producing a truly national approach to intelligence.
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Co-Chairs
Charles Allen
Former Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security;
Former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, Central Intelligence Agency |
Frank Cilluffo
Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute;
Associate Vice President for Homeland Security, The George Washington University;
Former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, The White House |
Michael Downing
Deputy Chief and Commanding Officer, Counterterrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, Los Angeles Police Department |
Philip Mudd
Senior Research Fellow, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation;
Former Deputy Director, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Former Deputy Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency |
Members
Ross Ashley
Executive Director, National Fusion Center Association;
Former Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs Directorate, FEMA |
Michael Balboni
Managing Partner, Bluewater International;
Former Deputy Secretary of Public Safety, State of New York |
Robert Blitzer
ICF International;
Former Chief, Domestic Terrorism and Counterterrorism Planning Division, FBI |
Jonathan Boutcher
Metropolitan Police Service, New Scotland Yard (UK) |
Marion E. “Spike” Bowman
Former Deputy National Counter Intelligence Executive;
Former Senior Counsel, FBI |
Johnathan Celentano
Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Section, LAPD |
David Carabin
Director, Boston Regional Intelligence Center, Boston Police Department |
David Cid
Executive Director, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT);
Former Assistant SAC, Oklahoma City Field Office |
John Cohen
Principal Deputy Counter-terrorism Coordinator and Senior Advisor to the Secretary, DHS |
Gus Coldebella
Goodwin Procter LLP;
Former Acting General Counsel, DHS |
Rob Dannenberg
Goldman Sachs;
Former CIA |
Charles DeWitt
Major Cities Chiefs of Police;
Former Director, National Institute of Justice |
Michael Edwards
Northrop Grumman Corporation |
Scott Erickson
San Jose Police Department |
Richard Esposito
ABC |
Joshua Filler
Filler Security Strategies, Inc.;
Former Director, State and Local Government Coordination, DHS |
Mark Gardiner
General Manager, Intelligence and Security Sector, BAE Systems
Former Senior Officer Directorate of Intelligence, CIA |
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization,
Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
Anna Gray
National Security Criminal Investigations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
Bruce Hoffman
Georgetown University |
Adam Isles
Raytheon, Inc.;
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, DHS |
Brian Jenkins
RAND Corporation |
Matthew Levitt
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury
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Mark Lowenthal
The Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC;
Former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production |
John MacGaffin
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Ronald Marks
Senior Director, Oracle National Security Group;
Former Intelligence Counsel to the Senate Majority Leader |
Jean-Luc Marret
Johns Hopkins University;
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique |
Lynn Mattice
President, National Economic Security Grid |
Matt Mayer
The Heritage Foundation;
Former DHS |
Andrew Mills
San Diego Police Department |
Nadav Morag
Naval Postgraduate School
Former National Security Council (Israel) |
John Nelson
Zeta Associates, Inc.;
Former CIA |
Anil Patani
Former Assistant Chief Constable (Security) West Midlands Police, (UK) |
Mark Randol
Congressional Research Service |
Marc Sageman
Sageman Consulting, LLC;
Former CIA |
Tom Sanderson
Center for Strategic and International Studies |
William Sessions
Holland and Knight, LLP;
Former Director, FBI |
Paul Smith
A-T Solutions, Inc.;
Former Security Service (UK) |
Suzanne Spaulding
Bingham Consulting Group;
Former Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
Jack Tomarchio
Agoge Group, LLC ; Former Deputy Under Secretary for Operations Office of Intelligence and Analysis, DHS |
Louis Tucker
Former Minority Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
Michelle Van Cleave
Former National Counterintelligence Executive |
Kenneth Wainstein
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism |
William Webster
Former Director of Central Intelligence and Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Juan Zarate
Center for Strategic and International Studies;
Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism |
Staff
Sharon Cardash
Policy Director, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Task Force;
Associate Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute |
Joseph Clark
Research Director, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Task Force;
Policy Analyst, Homeland Security Policy Institute |
