Even a competent, well-paid and well-equipped police institution cannot stand alone in a culture unprepared to support it and help maintain its integrity.
Despite the huge rewards offered, the program has had very little luck in recent years capturing high-profile figures in Pakistan.
Government bureaucracies do not deal well with ambiguity, and terrorists tend to be very ambiguous.
Colombia's strategy against its guerrillas shows that they are a problem to be managed, not totally defeated.
Citizens can deny terrorists the psychological impact of their attacks.
Paying sufficient attention to one's surroundings to identify threats and dangerous situations is more of a mindset than a hard skill.
Bad surveillance tradecraft has long proved to be a weak spot for terrorist organizations.
Anyone aspiring to conduct a terrorist attack must follow a discernible cycle that at certain points opens them up to detection.
