Brian Michael Jenkins

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thumb|right|">Brian Michael Jenkins
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Brian Michael Jenkins, born in 1942 in Chicago, [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9296629_ITM Profile of Jenkins] from Omni Magazine, November 1994] is an expert on terrorism and transportation security. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8661445/site/newsweek/ Newsweek] , July 21, 2005] During his nearly four decades of analysis, Jenkins has advised governments, private corporations, the Catholic Church, the Church of England, and many other international organizations on terrorist threats.

Jenkins joined the army at 19. He served with the 7th Special Forces Group in the Dominican Republic and with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. He subsequently served as a civilian with the Long Range Planning Task Group advising General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations in Vietnam. [cite news
url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/columnone/la-na-jenkins31jan31,1,2718437,full.story
title=Confronting terror, calmly
date=2008-01-31
author=Greg Krikorian,
work=The Los Angeles Times,]

From 1989 to 1998 he was deputy chairman of security firm Kroll Associates. [cite web
url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/9-11_commission/030331-jenkins.htm
title=Statement of Brian Jenkins to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States March 31, 2003]

Jenkins is the author of many books, including "Unconquerable Nation" (2006) and "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" (2008), which explores the most pressing questions about terrorism.

Brian Jenkins currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President of the RAND Corporation. He also served as a member of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, 1996-97 and as an advisor to the National Commission on Terrorism, 2000. He has served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other government agencies.

Quotes

* "Terrorism is Theater"
* "Terrorists want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead" (1985)

References

External links

* [http://www.rand.org/media/experts/bios/jenkins_brian_michael.html RAND bio]