Swordsmyth
02-20-2019, 05:34 PM
Rand Corporation’s Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (https://www.rand.org/hsrd/hsoac.html) (HSOAC) no longer uses the term “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) — it has been replaced with “Terrorism Prevention.”
Let that sink in for a moment; a private company with strong ties to DHS and law enforcement is in charge of Terrorism Prevention!
What could possibly go wrong?
The RAND Corporation’s 259-page report titled, “Practical Terrorism Prevention” (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2647.html) boasts that their federally funded research will help law enforcement determine who is an extremist.
The report presents a framework to consider different facets of terrorism prevention policy, issues with measurement and assessment, analysis of past CVE and current terrorism prevention funding in the United States and internationally, and assessments of current efforts and future options for each component of terrorism prevention.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Policy asked the HSOAC to examine the current state of terrorism prevention (superseding the programs and activities previously known as countering violent extremism, or CVE) in the United States and to develop policy options for this area.
Think about what that means; the RAND Corporation is profiting from helping law enforcement determine who is and who is not an extremist.
A Google search for “Rand Corporations close ties to DHS and law enforcement” returned close to 3 million hits. So any report or recommendations they make should be met with skepticism.
More at: https://www.activistpost.com/2019/02/rand-corporation-wants-to-bring-our-fear-of-extremists-to-every-community.html
Let that sink in for a moment; a private company with strong ties to DHS and law enforcement is in charge of Terrorism Prevention!
What could possibly go wrong?
The RAND Corporation’s 259-page report titled, “Practical Terrorism Prevention” (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2647.html) boasts that their federally funded research will help law enforcement determine who is an extremist.
The report presents a framework to consider different facets of terrorism prevention policy, issues with measurement and assessment, analysis of past CVE and current terrorism prevention funding in the United States and internationally, and assessments of current efforts and future options for each component of terrorism prevention.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Policy asked the HSOAC to examine the current state of terrorism prevention (superseding the programs and activities previously known as countering violent extremism, or CVE) in the United States and to develop policy options for this area.
Think about what that means; the RAND Corporation is profiting from helping law enforcement determine who is and who is not an extremist.
A Google search for “Rand Corporations close ties to DHS and law enforcement” returned close to 3 million hits. So any report or recommendations they make should be met with skepticism.
More at: https://www.activistpost.com/2019/02/rand-corporation-wants-to-bring-our-fear-of-extremists-to-every-community.html