The Bunker – News without the nonsense Lost the Plot: What makes terrorist attacks fail
How do we stop terrorists before they act? Are our security services operating with expert proficiency or is it just luck? The answer is unfortunately a mix of both, but that’s no reason to despair. Hannah Fearn speaks to The Independent's home affairs editor Lizzie Dearden about her book, Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed, to get an insight into British terror attacks that were stopped in their tracks.
- “The pool of people susceptible to terrorism grew during the lockdown.”
- “Security services were so focused on stopping people from joining Isis that more attacks happened in the UK.”
- “So many terrorists receive a mental health diagnosis at the point of criminal conviction.”
Book Link:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Homegrown/Jeffrey-Toobin/9781668013571
Written and presented by Hannah Fearn. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Alex Rees. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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