Dr. Jerry Post on the Terrorist Mind

New York City, New York, January 10, 2010

Dr. Jerry Post, a CADS Board Member and Senior Fellow, was cited in The New York Times Week in Review section . The two page special, “The Terrorist Mind: An Update,” highlighted Dr. Post’s recent research into generational transmission of extremist beliefs and the impact of group dynamics on terrorist decision making. Professor of Political Psychology at George Washington University in Washington, DC, Dr. Post is the leading expert in terrorist psychology and has participated in Center projects to refine intent-oriented threat models. In the article, Dr. Post notes that the internet has created “virtual community of hatred”. The Center’s Radicalization Watch Program monitored extremist web-site group dynamics and evolution in 2006. This program resulted in a broad database and a recent Defense Concepts article by Dr. Mathieu Guidere.