Combating Terrorism Center
The Combating Terrorism Center is a centre at the US West Point Military Academy focusing on terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security, and weapons of mass destruction. The Center was officially launched in February 2003 within the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy. According to its website it was funded by Vincent Viola, Chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange and "a 1977 graduate of West Point"[1]
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Staff
- GEN (r) John P. Abizaid - Distinguished Chair
- LTC Joseph Felter - CTC Director
- MAJ Scott Taylor - Executive Officer
- Dr. Jarret Brachman - Director of Research
- Dr. James Forest - Director of Terrorism Studies
- Dr. Assaf Moghadam - Instructor and Research Associate
- Mr. Bill Braniff - FBI Program Manager
- Mr. Brian Fishman - Instructor and Senior Associate
- Ms. Heidi Weber-FBI Operations Officer
- Ms. Treshelle Griffith - Office Automations Assistant
- Ms. Irina Garrido de Stanton - Office Administrator
Senior Fellows
FBI Fellows
- Dr. William McCants
- Mr. Sammy Salama
- Mr. Dan Coleman
- Mr. Bob Fromme
- Dr. Rebecca Molloy
- Mr. Chris Heffelfinger
Department of Social Sciences
- COL Michael J. Meese - Department Head
- COL Cindy R. Jebb - Deputy Department Head
CTC Associates
- LTC Isaiah Wilson
- MAJ Paul Stanton
- MAJ Fernando Lujan
- Dr. Ruth Beitler
- Dr. Matthew Levitt
- Mr. Guy Filipelli
- Dr. Frederick Moxley
- MAJ Lorenzo Rios
Harmony Fellows
- Mr. Vahid Brown
- Mr. Jacob N. Shapiro
- Mr. Warren Polensky
