Almost Impossible to Stop a Plot of One

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July 17th, 2016 by Patrick Skinner

Whether ISIS had any connection with the terrorist attack in Nice, it really “doesn’t matter,” former CIA case officer and Soufan Group Director of Special Projects Patrick Skinner told The Cipher Brief in an interview. We talked to Skinner about ISIS’ messaging and the difficulty the West has in responding to it.

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