Open Feud Over Domestic War on Terrorism

Is the terrorist threat coming from a Leaderless Jihad, which promotes local, grassroots terrorist groups (“bunches of guys”), as Marc Sageman argues in his new book? Or is Sageman understating the peril of the Al Qaeda-style hierarchical leadership structure, as Bruce Hoffman charges in a recent issue of Foreign Policy? More than an academic argument, the very way the next presidency will tackle the terrorist threat is at stake.

New York Times reports