The Hunt: International terrorism cases decline, but stark rise in US domestic terrorism

Global terrorism declined in 2018 for the fourth year in a row, but in this week’s edition of “The Hunt,” William Braniff, director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism at the University of Maryland, said the seemingly good-news story hides some looming problems.

October 23, 2019 | ‘Terrorism feeds off of … conflict zones like a leech’ (William Braniff, director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism at the University of Maryland)
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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