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SCOTT HORTON-Six Questions for Michael Sheehan, Author of Crush the Cell |
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Contributed by Scott Horton
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American cable television features an endless parade of "counterterrorism experts," most of whom have little grounding in their advertised area of expertise. Michael Sheehan, however, is the real thing. A West Point graduate, Sheehan launched his career in counterterrorism as a Green Beret deployed to Panama. He followed up working on the National Security Council in the Bush (41) and Clinton administrations and then became the State Department's senior counterterrorism adviser, with the rank of ambassador. He then returned to New York City where he served as Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism at the NYPD. Random House has just published his book, Crush the Cell, in which he critiques America's post-9/11 counterterrorism strategies and offers a new tactical approach to dealing with terrorist groups-advising a strong focus on the cell level. I put six questions to Michael Sheehan on the basis of his new book. . . .
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