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Data from GTD Used in Washington Times Editorial
In the wake of a fatal attack at Ft. Hood (Texas), editorial writers at the Washington Times used START's Global Terrorism Database to try to put the Ft. Hood events in context with other mass-casualty attacks that have occurred in the United States.
The full article from the November 13, 2009, issue of the Washington Times is available here.
GTD Data: Terrorist Activity in the U.S. Primarily Involves Bombs and Arson (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
GTD data on terrorist weapons use is cited in FBI Stays Alert, Works to Thwart Area Terrorism.
START Director on What's New in Terrorism Research (Homeland Security Inside & Out)
Gary LaFree, Director of START, discusses START as a Center of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Security and its recently updated Global Terrorism Database (GTD).
Listen to audio here: http://homestation.typepad.com/hlsinsideandout/ or here: http://www.start.umd.edu/start/media/GL_HSI&O_6-16-09.mp3
GTD Data Provides Background on Attacks Against Religious and Military Targets (Emergency Management)
START's Global Terrorism Database (GTD) provides background data on attacks against religious and military targets in Terrorism Against Religious Targets in Perspective.
See also Article in Sindh Today
START Director and GTD in "9/11 'Misleads' Americans' View of Terrorism" (Washington Times)
Sept. 11 looms large as the defining example of a terrorist attack on the United States, but it was one of more than 1,000 in recent years and a very atypical example.
START Director Gary LaFree cites data from START's Global Terrorism Database (GTD) and explains how Sept. 11 has fundamentally altered our perceptions of terrorism. See 9/11 'Misleads' Americans' View of Terrorism
See also article in Security Management.
START Director Contributes to State Department and NCTC Reports
In late April, the State Department issued its annual report on terrorist activity, "Country Reports on Terrorism 2008," which includes "An Academic's Perspective on Open Source Event Data," written by START Director Gary LaFree (page 351). A more comprehensive piece by Gary LaFree is included in the National Counterterrorism Center's (NCTC's) companion report (starting on page 72). In the NCTC report, LaFree provides additional comments on challenges and recommendations for measuring terrorism.
Washington Prism Conversation with START Director
START Director Gary LaFree discusses the decentralization of terrorist groups and describes the challenges he faces in documenting attacks, specifically in Iraq, for the Global Terrorism Database "Al-Qaeda in 2009 An Expert Assessment"
GTD Data on India Cited (Newsweek)
Shortly after the Mumbai, India, terror attacks, an article from the December 15, 2008, issue of Newsweek, "No Fanning the Flames", relied upon data from the GTD to provide context on the frequency and impact of terrorist attacks in India since 1970.
GTD Featured in "Terrorism Database Sheds Light on the History of Attacks in India" (Scientific American)
GTD Data Cited in "Since 1970, 4,108 Terror Attacks in India" (United Press International)
GTD Data Used in Special Report (The Economist)
Zakaria Discusses GTD and Challenges of Tracking Terrorism (Newsweek, Washington Post)
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