Nationality U.S. Role Consultant | Name Evan Kohlmann Website globalterroralert.com | |
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Notable work Al- Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network Books Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe Education University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania Law School | ||
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Evan F. Kohlmann (born 1979) is an American terrorism consultant who has worked for the FBI and other governmental organizations.
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- Evan kohlmann claims nothing can be done about isis ronan farrow show
- Insight On The Paris Terror Attacks The Meredith Vieira Show
- Early life and education
- Counter terrorism career
- The Al Qaida Plan
- Expert witness
- Publications
- References
He is a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog, a senior investigator with The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.
Insight On The Paris Terror Attacks | The Meredith Vieira Show
Early life and education
In a profile for the Penn Law Journal, Kohlmann said he spent summers in France while growing up, because his father studied there. Kohlmann graduated from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He attended the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he studied under Mamoun Fandy. Fandy's mentorship sparked his interest in Middle East politics. "When [Fandy] lived in Egypt, he passed by the number two guy in al-Qaeda there every day. He really knew his subject."
Kohlmann entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the fall of 2001, a few weeks before al-Qaeda's attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
Counter-terrorism career
Kohlmann worked as an intern at The Investigative Project, a Washington, DC, counter-terrorism think-tank.
He wrote Al- Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network while he was a law student. "I turned to a classmate and said, ‘This is Osama Bin Laden, and I have to go do something about it’."
He is a Senior Terrorism Consultant for The NEFA Foundation. He is also a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog, and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.
He has called Anwar al-Awlaki "one of the principal jihadi luminaries for would-be homegrown terrorists. His fluency with English, his unabashed advocacy of jihad and mujahideen organizations, and his Web-savvy approach are a powerful combination." He calls al-Awlaki's lecture "Constants on the Path of Jihad", which he says was based on a similar document written by al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia's founder, the "virtual bible for lone-wolf Muslim extremists."
The Al Qaida Plan
Kohlmann produced "The Al Qaida Plan" to be used as evidence during the Guantanamo Military Commissions. Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald reported that "The Al Qaida Plan" was modeled after a film made for the Nuremberg tribunals called "The Nazi Plan".
Expert witness
Kohlmann has served frequently as an expert witness for the prosecution in terrorism trials. "There haven’t been that many cases yet, so sometimes the prosecutors are doing their first ones. I know how the courts work, so I am pretty valuable right now.” Despite being considered a terrorism expert, Kohlmann cannot read, write or speak Arabic.
His expertise and neutrality have been disputed by defense attorneys and other experts, while his book ″Al-Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network″ was declined by University of Pennsylvania Press.
He testified as an expert witness in the following cases: