Classified Outreach to Muslim Women
February 2nd, 2010 by Steven AftergoodSenator George V. Voinovich (R-OH) wanted to know: What is the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) doing to improve the status of women in the Muslim world, and to better engage women around the world on counterterrorism issues?
“The response to this question is classified,” replied NCTC Director Michael Leiter in a written response that has recently been published.
See the last page of “The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism and Efforts to Counter It” (pdf), hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, July 10, 2008 (published December 2009).
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Steven:
Does this NCTC effort amount essentially to the classification of one component of a global peacebuilding initiative and, thus, a loss of transparency? If so, the complete hypothesis of a global peacebuilding initiative cannot be tested within public purview – right? I mean, we fought a secret war in Afghanistan in the ’80s and now we are building peace in secret?
Philip