Evan Kohlmann Explained

Evan F. Kohlmann
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Georgetown University
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Employer:The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation

NBC News
Notable Works: Al- Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network
Website:globalterroralert.com

Evan F. Kohlmann (born 1979) is an American terrorism consultant who has worked for the FBI and other governmental organizations.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

He is a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog, a senior investigator with The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.[1]

In his manifesto Anders Behring Breivik copied 25 pages verbatim from an ideological text by Evan Kohlmann and published by an institute led by Magnus Ranstorp.[7]

Early life and education

In the profile for the Penn Law Journal, Kohlmann said he spent summers in France while growing up, because his father studied there. Kohlmann graduated from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

He attended the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he studied under Mamoun Fandy.[2] Fandy's mentorship sparked his interest in Middle East politics. "When [Fandy] lived in Egypt, he passed by the number two guy in al-Qaeda there every day. He really knew his subject."

Kohlmann entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the fall of 2001, a few weeks before al-Qaeda's attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.[2]

Counter-terrorism career

Kohlmann worked as an intern at The Investigative Project, a Washington, DC, counter-terrorism think-tank.[2] [8]

He wrote Al- Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network.[9]

He is a Senior Terrorism Consultant for The NEFA Foundation.[10] [11] He is also a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog,[12] and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.[1]

He has called Anwar al-Awlaki "one of the principal jihadi luminaries for would-be homegrown terrorists. His fluency with English, his unabashed advocacy of jihad and mujahideen organizations, and his Web-savvy approach are a powerful combination." He calls al-Awlaki's lecture "Constants on the Path of Jihad", which he says was based on a similar document written by al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia's founder, the "virtual bible for lone-wolf Muslim extremists."[13]

He produced The Al Qaida Plan, a 90-minute movie, to serve as evidence and stress relief during the Guantanamo Military Commissions,[14] [15] which was sponsored by the Office of Military Commissions. According to Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald: "He modeled the video after The Nazi Plan, an instructional movie shown at the late 1940s Nuremberg tribunals for the most senior Nazi leadership."

Initially Captain Keith Allred, the President of Salim Ahmed Hamdan's Military Commission ruled that the film would be prejudicial, but he reversed this decision.[15]

Expert witness

Kohlmann has served frequently as an expert witness for the prosecution in terrorism trials.[2] [16] [17] "There haven’t been that many cases yet, so sometimes the prosecutors are doing their first ones. I know how the courts work, so I am pretty valuable right now.” Despite being considered a terrorism expert, Kohlmann cannot read, write or speak Arabic.[18]

His expertise and neutrality have been disputed by defense attorneys and other experts, while his book ″Al-Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network″ was declined by University of Pennsylvania Press.[19]

He testified as an expert witness in the following cases:[20]

Case Defendant Notes
U.S. v. Sabri Benkhala Sabri Benkhala
U.S. v. Ali Timimi
U.S. v. Uzair Paracha Uzair Paracha
U.S. v. Ali Asad Chandia
U.S. v. Yassin Aref
  • Kohlmann was a last-minute replacement for the prosecution's original witness, Rohan Gunaratna.[23]
U.S. v. Rafiq Sabir
  • Medical doctor who allegedly agreed to provide clandestine medical treatment to wounded jihadists, and to have sworn bayat to a government agent pretending to be al-Qaeda official.[24]
U.S. v. Emadeddine Muntasser Emadeddine Muntasser
Regina v. Mohammed Ajmal Khan and Palvinder Singh
  • Mohammed Ajmal Khan
  • Palvinder Singh
H.M.A. v. Lawyers Mohammed Atif Sidique
  • Bin Laden's driver's trial
Regina v. Samina Malik
Regina v. Hassan Mutegombwa Hassan Mutegombwa
Regina v. Tsouli Younes Tsouli (Irhabi 007)
  • Convicted of inciting terrorist murder through the publication of Al Qaeda propaganda on the internet.[25] [26]

Publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss2.pdf CTC Sentinel
  2. News: Terrorists Beware: Kohlmann is on the case. Penn Law Journal. Robert Strauss. Fall 2006. February 18, 2008.
  3. News: The Iraq insurgency for beginners. Salon magazine. Kevin Berger. March 2, 2007. February 18, 2008.
  4. News: Tracking Terrorists Online. The Washington Post. Yuki Noguchi, Evan Kohlmann. April 19, 2006. February 18, 2008.
  5. News: Al Qaeda and the Internet. The Washington Post. Evan Kohlmann. August 8, 2005. February 18, 2008.
  6. Book: Cyberterrorism: the use of the internet for terrorist purposes, Council of Europe, 2007, ISBN 92-871-6226-3, accessed February 8, 2010 . April 19, 2006 . March 23, 2010. 9789287162267 . Europe . Council of . Council of Europe .
  7. Web site: "Flat granskning av Breiviks bakgrund" ("Lenient scrutiny of Breivik's background"). Fria.Nu. 24 August 2011 . 13 September 2014.
  8. Book: Terror on the Internet: the new arena, the new challenges, Gabriel Weimann, US Institute of Peace Press, 2006, ISBN 1-929223-71-4, accessed February 8, 2010 . September 11, 2001 . March 23, 2010. 9781929223718 . Weimann . Gabriel . US Institute of Peace Press .
  9. Book: Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network. registration. Evan Kohlmann.. Kohlmann, Evan F.. Berg. 2004. 1-85973-807-9.
  10. Book: Inside the asylum: why the UN and Old Europe are worse than you think, Jed L. Babbin, Regnery Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-89526-088-3 . 2004-05-21. March 23, 2010. 9780895260888 . Babbin . Jed L. . Regnery .
  11. Web site: The NEFA Foundation – About Us . nefafoundation.org . September 11, 2001 . March 23, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100208173809/http://www1.nefafoundation.org/aboutus.html . February 8, 2010 .
  12. Web site: Counterterrorism Blog . Counterterrorism Blog . March 23, 2010.
  13. News: Fort Hood shooting suspect's ties to mosque investigated. Meyer. Josh. November 9, 2009. Los Angeles Times. January 24, 2010.
  14. News: Lawyers give expert testimony at bin Laden's driver's trial . . Carol Rosenberg . 2008-07-29 . 2008-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080729180900/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/45762.html . 2008-07-29. Carol Rosenberg .
  15. News: US-produced Al-Qaida movie played at Gitmo trial . . 2008-07-28 . 2008-07-28. mirror
  16. News: George. Smith. The War on Terror's professional witness . October 2, 2007. Situation Publishing Ltd.. The Register. October 3, 2007.
  17. News: John. Lettice. Jailed terror student 'hid' files in the wrong Windows folder. October 23, 2007. Situation Publishing Ltd.. The Register. November 5, 2007.
  18. Web site: In High-Profile Cases, Tapping Terror Experts for Testimony Becomes de Rigueur - WNYC . April 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506055510/http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/apr/30/high-profile-cases-tapping-terror-experts-testimony-becomes-de-rigueur/ . May 6, 2012 .
  19. Web site: A Terrorism Expert's Secret Relationship with the FBI. 2015-07-27.
  20. News: About GlobalTerroristAlert . Global Terrorist Alert . Evan Kohlmann . February 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070703133153/http://www.globalterroralert.com/about.htm . July 3, 2007 .
  21. News: Teacher jailed for aiding LeT. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-08-26/us/27792227_1_maryland-safe-harbour-muslim-school. dead. March 8, 2012. August 26, 2006. February 18, 2008. The Times of India. A 29-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing support to Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba..
  22. News: Ali Asad Trial – May 30, 2006. February 10, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912102543/http://www.aliasad.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=33. September 12, 2017. dead.
  23. Web site: U.S. v. YASSIN MUHIDDIN AREF and MOHAMMED MOSHARREF HOSSAIN. talkleft. September 2006. February 18, 2008. On September 24, 2006, the government substituted expert Evan Kohlmann in place of Rohan Gunaratna, and he prepared and submitted a report. In the one paragraph that he devotes to JEI, he does not talk about JEI Bangladesh, but rather switches to JEI generally, which is an organization which is markedly different in different countries..
  24. News: Doctors can't treat terrorists: US judge. The Age. January 31, 2007. February 18, 2008.
  25. Book: Spinning Intelligence: Why Intelligence Needs the Media, Why the Media Needs Intelligence, Robert Dover, Michael S. Goodman, Columbia University Press, 2009, ISBN 0-231-70114-4. March 23, 2010. 9780231701143. Dover. Robert. Goodman. Michael S.. 2009. Columbia University Press .
  26. Book: Crown Prosecution Service . Three men admit using internet to incite terrorism in first British case . July 5, 2007 . September 8, 2022.

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