The Hunt: Dissecting the Paris plot sleeper cell

WASHINGTON — The people behind a plot in Paris to bomb an event attended by high-profile U.S. national security officials and experts on June 30 is getting more scrutiny. On this week’s edition, Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence at Stratfor, says the scheme, allegedly cooked up by the Iranian government, is not unusual.

July 18, 2018 | 'They have a long history of carrying out these kinds of attacks' (Fred Burton, of Stratfor, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green)

J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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