The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Congress To Examine FBI Handling Of Tennessee Shooter Sunday July 19 th , 2015  at  4:02 PM 1 Share MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images   WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will examine possible shortcomings in law enforcement or intelligence in the case of a Tennessee shooting that killed five servicemen, a top Republican said on Sunday, adding that the case may be linked to Islamic State. Representative Mike McCaul, who heads the U.S. House of Representatives homeland security committee, told ABC's "This Week" program the case highlighted growing concern about Internet-based directives from Islamic State leaders in Syria. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the gunman appeared to be a "classic lone wolf," but said it was difficult to know for sure given new encryption applications available to terrorists. Feinstein said legal counsels at big Internet companies were

M.N.: The incidents of global and domestic (USA) terrorism activity and the incidents of the USA mass shootings show very similar dynamics, with the main recent trend of sharp exponential increase, especially since 2011. This might be an indication that they are the parts of the same phenomenon and that they originate and are directed and coordinated from the same center. I think, this has to be looked into and studied further, with incorporation of other and broader sets of data.  Chattanooga shooting: ISIS link to Tennessee attack would not surprise ex-CIA insider _________________________ As shown by the University of Maryland’s  Global Terrorism Database , there has been a significant spike in global terrorist attacks overall in the period following 2011. The following graph illustrates this alarming trend: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). (2013). Global Terrorism Database [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.start.umd

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