CDR. TONI N. GAYASSOCIATE PROFESSORINTELLIGENCE STUDIES

U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY

IAFIE/SAIS-D.C.6-9 June 2011

Challenges of Teaching Terrorism

Getting Started

Defining Terrorism (U.N./IMO/U.S. Code/FBI?) Planned violence against civilians designed to bring

about political change

Cannot confuse w/piracy Some recent suggestion of collusion (financing) IMO definition Piracy: HIGH SEAS for monetary gain/in

port “maritime violent crime”

How much history/psychology? Biblical times?/French Revolution?/Europe?/Middle

East?/Latin America?/Western Hemisphere-CONUS?/Radicalization?/Psychology of Suicide Bombers?

Deciding How Much Depth/Content

CGA teaches periodically/1st in 3 years/teach as “Intro to Terrorism”/Syllabus Update

Chose AQ & AQAMs focus as most timely/added smallmaritime nexus

Which “experts?”

Delivery Materials

Which books?

Making it Interesting

Seminar format/articles/videos/guest speakers Weekly Current Events Articles

Writing/Public Speaking Videos

Road to 9-11 (Kunhardt Productions); Obsession: Radical Islam’s War w/the West (Kopping); “Hunt for bin Laden”/”Pakistan Undercover” (National Geo); Battle of Algiers (Ponticorvo); Subway Poison Plot/War on Drugs: Somalia (ABC News)

Guest speakers CAPT Sulmasy, J.D., USCGA “Security vs. Civil Liberties” CG Rep to NCTC (Spoke ref NCTC inception/IRTPA 2004)

Debates in Classes/ (divide two groups/point-counterpoint) Enhanced Interrogation/Torture (hot topic)

Outcome/Feedback

Feedback from students Positive

All greatly enjoyed class/learned much/will recommend to others

Instructor well read/passionate about subject Great guest speakers/brought real world into classroom SIPRNet room /looked at actual classified products/intel

Negative Classes jam packed w/info; wanted more discussion Too much material/too many readings Students wanted more depth in fewer areas

Could do entire follow on class on just maritime terrorism

Questions?Syllabus Available to ShareContact Info

Commander Toni N. GayDirector USCGA Intelligence Development ProgramAssociate Professor Department of HumanitiesIntelligence StudiesNew London, CT860-701-6297 Toni.gay@uscg.milgayt@uscg.smil.mil