A Former FBI Agent Explores How Terror Groups Think

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 17, 2017

Former FBI special agent Ali Soufan, who has served on the front lines against al-Qaeda, dives into the psychology of terrorists groups in his latest book, Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State. He shares with us how and why bin Laden’s brand of jihadi terrorism persisted beyond his death, and looks at how terrorist organizations are created, how they evolve, and how they can be stopped.

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