{"id":18826,"date":"2015-03-05T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=18826"},"modified":"2015-03-05T18:35:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T07:35:34","slug":"ct-scan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CCTV<\/a>This week\u2019s update includes CCTV for Australian schools, British extremism, China\u2019s CT laws, the FBI\u2019s online fight against IS, white supremacy, and inside the mind of a terrorist.<\/p>\n

Australian schools categorised as being at risk of racially- or religiously-motivated attacks could have security guards and closed-circuit TVs as part of an\u00a0$18 million investment in the Schools Security Program announced<\/a> by Justice Minister Michael Keenan this week. For some Jewish schools, rising anti-Semitism has made those measures necessary<\/a>. In other Australian developments, the Iraqi city of Mosul in Iraq has been added to the list<\/a> of banned travel locations under last year\u2019s Foreign Fighters laws<\/a>\u2014you can travel there but only for a \u2018legitimate\u2019 purpose. And finally, the inquiry into the metadata retention bill culminated in a bipartisan report<\/a> released last Friday, recommending that the bill requiring telecommunications companies to keep certain data for two years be passed with increased oversight mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in the UK, British extremism has come under the microscope. The identification of \u2018Jihadi John\u2019<\/a> as Mohammed Emwazi and revelations that he was known to MI5 since 2009 have fuelled fierce debate<\/a> about MI5\u2019s CT strategies (see discussion\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>). Most controversially, advocacy group CAGE\u2019s research director Asim Qureshi described<\/a> Emwazi as a \u2018beautiful young man\u2019 and claimed MI5 harassment had contributed to his radicalisation. Such statements attracted fierce condemnation, including from Prime Minister David Cameron <\/a>\u00a0and Mayor of London Boris Johnson<\/a>. CAGE subsequently released an email trail<\/a> and an audio interview<\/a> between it and Emwazi detailing his descent into radicalisation, including the statement that \u20189\/11 was wrong\u2019. Emwazi\u2019s identification also prompted an inquiry<\/a> into schools previously attended by British foreign fighters and a debate about the adequacy of British CT policies<\/a>, including the use of biometrics. See Defense One<\/em>\u2019s story<\/a> for more on biometrics and CT.<\/p>\n

In the Asia-Pacific, China is in the midst of drafting wide-ranging CT laws<\/a> that step up intelligence gathering and sharing. Reforms include requirements that all tech firms install \u2018backdoors\u2019 and provide both communications records and encryption keys to law-enforcement agencies. Xinhua <\/em>indicated that the law sought to balance CT and human rights<\/a>, as \u2018global terrorism should not be a warrant for retreat on citizens\u2019 rights\u2019. But Reuters<\/em>\u2019 Michael Martina and Krista Hughes report<\/a> that the laws may compromise the security and privacy of data of anyone engaged in business with China. President Obama\u00a0believes<\/a> the law must be changed if China wants \u2018to do business with the United States\u2019. See here<\/a> for China\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

Turning now to Islamic State, the FBI has conceded that it\u2019s \u2018losing the battle\u2019<\/a> against the online allure of the extremist organisation. Whilst the United States had produced \u2018an effective counter-narrative\u2026the sheer volume (of Islamic State\u2019s online messaging) eclipses our effort\u2019. Writing on Defense One<\/em>, Simon Cottee argues<\/a> that IS\u2019s videos of \u2018shock and gore\u2019 have the advantage over official US counter-narratives of \u2018mock and bore\u2019. Further, IS has a large online network of \u2018fanboys\u2019<\/a> and an emotionally poignant narrative (\u2018Muslims are being killed\u2019) that current counter-narratives lack.<\/p>\n

Can other fields offer useful insights into developing deradicalisation strategies? In Canada, reformed white-supremacist Daniel Gallant drew on his experiences<\/a> in the recently-launched online Islamic State deradicalisation program, \u2018Extreme Dialogue<\/a>\u2019. The program targets school children at risk of radicalisation by Islamic State, through providing online resources including short films and educational resources:<\/p>\n

The common denominator is that both (Islamic state and white supremacist) narratives include conspiracy theory about Zionism, that there\u2019s a specific group of Jewish people that are controlling the world\u2026What we\u2019re seeing with the ISIS and the jihadist-type narrative currently is almost like a replication of the stuff that was going in the 80s and 90s\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ever delved into the mind of a violent extremist? Aimen Dean, a founding member of al Qaeda who switched to becoming a British spy, documents his experiences in this BBC interview<\/a>. <\/em>Similarly, former Islamic extremist and now chairman of the CT organisation Quilliam<\/a>, Maajid Nawaz identified alienation and \u2018charismatic recruiters\u2019 as crucial radicalisation risk factors in this NPR podcast (4mins)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lastly, for some weekend reading, Anita McKonea reviewed<\/a>\u00a0the fiction novel<\/a>\u00a0Confessions of a<\/em> Terrorist<\/em>,\u00a0penned by terrorism expert Richard Jackson. The novel weaves factual information into a story about a Middle Eastern violent extremist and a British intelligence officer. Aiming to go beyond the \u2018good guy\/bad guy mindset\u2019, McKonea writes that the book provides uncomfortable answers to the question of why a person becomes a terrorist.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Huang is an intern at ASPI. Image courtesy of Flickr user PeacockArmageddon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s update includes CCTV for Australian schools, British extremism, China\u2019s CT laws, the FBI\u2019s online fight against IS, white supremacy, and inside the mind of a terrorist. Australian schools categorised as being at risk …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":18827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[790,272,52,273,276,837,895,704,1167],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-britain","tag-canada","tag-china","tag-counterterrorism","tag-extremism","tag-isis","tag-islamic-state","tag-legislation","tag-white-supremacy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCT Scan | The Strategist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CT Scan | The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week\u2019s update includes CCTV for Australian schools, British extremism, China\u2019s CT laws, the FBI\u2019s online fight against IS, white supremacy, and inside the mind of a terrorist. Australian schools categorised as being at risk ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-05T03:30:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-05T07:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stephanie Huang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stephanie Huang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\",\"name\":\"The Strategist\",\"description\":\"ASPI's analysis and commentary site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"CCTV in Australian schools?\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/\",\"name\":\"CT Scan | The Strategist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-05T03:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-05T07:35:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/af64ec463ee9516a2332d749f9261c06\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CT Scan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/af64ec463ee9516a2332d749f9261c06\",\"name\":\"Stephanie Huang\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/657751c9b7ece6b44c6b0c3e35de84d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/657751c9b7ece6b44c6b0c3e35de84d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Stephanie Huang\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/stephanie-huang\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CT Scan | The Strategist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CT Scan | The Strategist","og_description":"This week\u2019s update includes CCTV for Australian schools, British extremism, China\u2019s CT laws, the FBI\u2019s online fight against IS, white supremacy, and inside the mind of a terrorist. Australian schools categorised as being at risk ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/","og_site_name":"The Strategist","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org","article_published_time":"2015-03-05T03:30:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-05T07:35:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Stephanie Huang","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ASPI_org","twitter_site":"@ASPI_org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Stephanie Huang","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/","name":"The Strategist","description":"ASPI's analysis and commentary site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/8665223087_0fbdc453da_z.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"caption":"CCTV in Australian schools?"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/","name":"CT Scan | The Strategist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2015-03-05T03:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-05T07:35:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/af64ec463ee9516a2332d749f9261c06"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CT Scan"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/af64ec463ee9516a2332d749f9261c06","name":"Stephanie Huang","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/657751c9b7ece6b44c6b0c3e35de84d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/657751c9b7ece6b44c6b0c3e35de84d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Stephanie Huang"},"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/stephanie-huang\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18838,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions\/18838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}