Bad Idea: Domestic Terrorist Organization Designations
Creating a new authority to designate domestic terrorist groups would be a mistake. There are, however, mechanisms under existing law that could be better utilized to combat domestic terror.
Catrina Doxsee
is a program manager and research associate for the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she analyzes global terrorist activity and irregular warfare conducted by state and non-state actors.