Chasing Ghosts: The Policing of Terrorism

by Mark Stewart, John Mueller, John E. Mueller

Book Overview

Since 2001, the United States has created or reorganized more than two counterterrorism organizations for every apprehension it has made of Islamists apparently planning to commit terrorism within the country. Central to this massive enterprise is what the FBI frequently calls "ghost-chasing"-the efforts by police and intelligence agencies to follow up on over ten million tips. Less than one alarm in 10,000 fails to be false-the rest all point to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190237317
• ISBN13: 9780190237318
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"