Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer, said today’s international counterterrorism systems are straining to keep track of the increasing numbers of extremists. “With a large pool of known [or] suspected extremists, to say nothing of the ones totally off the radar, law enforcement and [intelligence] services must prioritize risk and coverage,” said Mr. Skinner.
Past testimony before Canadian parliamentary committees has shed some insight into the scope of the problem; it takes up to 20 officers to follow a single suspect, lawmakers have been told.
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