The Hunt: Assessing the US fight against terrorism in 2018

WASHINGTON — The U.S. agencies fighting terrorism seem to have gained the upper hand again in 2018 as the number of attacks decreased.

Hacker using laptop. Lots of digits on the computer screen.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/scyther5)

And in this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,  the director of George Mason University’s Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Larry Pfieffer, says technology gets much of the credit.

'People should not rest on their laurels' (Larry Pfieffer with WTOP's 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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