Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
“Assessing Terrorists' Capability to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction” was the fouth panel of the two-day conference “Shaping the Obama Administrations’s Counterterrorism Strategy.”
A panel discussion was held the threat to Americans from terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction. The discussion focused on net as… read more
A panel discussion was held the threat to Americans from terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction. The discussion focused on net assessment of terrorists' capability to employ these weapons rather than worst-case scenarios. Topics included how the odds of these attacks are judged and the policy implications of this analysis. Benjamin Friedman moderted.
“Assessing Terrorists' Capability to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction” was the fouth panel of the two-day conference “Shaping the Obama Administrations’s Counterterrorism Strategy.” close
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Milton Leitenberg Senior Research Scholar University of Maryland, College Park->Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
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James "Jim" Walsh Research Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology->Security Studies Program
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