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CTEC Director Jason Blazakis was recently quoted by The Wall Street Journal: . In response to the Trump Administration’s recent preparation to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Director Blazakis stated that the “designation of IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization is precedent setting. Never before has the FTO sanctions tool been directed at a state-body. The future ramifications of this decision will be profound.”
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Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis was quoted on a ABC News article titled “.’” In this article he finds the exclusion of the Taliban to the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list “incredibly problematic.”
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Center on Terrorism, Extremism, Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis recently published an article with Lawfare titled “”. Covering the recent arrest of U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson, Director Blazakis addresses how congress can enact legislation to create a domestic terrorism offense law. He also suggests making domestic terrorism as a criminal offense to prevent the rise of violent domestic groups already operating in the United States.
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CTEC Director Jason Blazakis discusses how President Trump’s government shutdown over the border wall sacrifices air travel safety and increases potential terrorists threats to U.S. national security.
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