Counterterrorism by Any Other Name The White House's new counterterrorism strategy, penned by Sebastian Gorka, has raised eyebrows among experts and sparked a heated debate about its priorities and methodology.
On closer examination, this 16 page document reveals a disturbing trend: the politicization of threat assessments. Gorka's strategy ranks threats based on politics rather than intelligence assessments.
Islamist militant groups, long considered the top concern, now take second place to Latin American drug cartels.