Terrorism as Organized Crime
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James Joyner | Monday, April 9, 2007 |
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Kyle Dabruzzi have written a new paper entitled “The Convergence of Crime and Terror.” It discusses how the “Al Capone model” of focusing on getting people off the streets by prosecuting for minor included offenses the government can easily prove — in this case, drug trafficking, financial scams, cyber-crime, illegal money transfers, and immigration violations — have been used to fight terrorism.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Did these guys work for the Kerry campaign?
Seems rather late in the game to be getting that particular clue. How has Cosa Nostra operated? How did the IRA work? By raising funds through organized crime to further their use of terror tactics to achieve political goals.
Is this the new Rip Van Winkle?
Sounds like a solid response to the present invasion sponsored by Fox & Calderon![with a strong fifth column in the U.S.]
Ummm... isn't this _exactly_ what the Clinton administration was criticized by the GOP for?
Ummm... isn't this _exactly_ what the Clinton administration was criticized by the GOP for?
I don't think anyone ever suggested that using law enforcement techniques to combat terrorism is a bad idea, merely that this shouldn't be the only tool t our disposal. Indeed, while we're happy to get mobsters off the street for tax evasion, that doesn't stop us from trying to get them for murder, racketeering, drug trafficking, and the like.
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