Author Archives: Ryan Mason

The threats of terrorism, organized crime and money laundering have been top national security and criminal justice priorities for many governments for more than two decades. Since 1990, there has been a recognition that international cooperation to fight money laundering to deny criminal actors proceeds of their activities was necessary with the adoption of theContinue reading “Adding Fuel to the Fire:The Twin Devils of Money Laundering and Fraud”

The events of September 11, 2001 have gone on to consume much of U.S. foreign policy for nearly two decades. Just a week after the attacks that killed nearly three thousand people, Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing the president of the United States to use “appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons heContinue reading “If this is Winning, I don’t want to see Losing: The United States and The Global War on Terror”

In this era of technological development, the internet has played a foundational role serving to underpin both modern communication and commerce. It, along with the now nearly ubiquitous smart phone; have been arguably amongst the most quickly adopted technologies in history. According to the Pew Research Center, in the year 2000 just over 52 %Continue reading “Do Digital Policemen Dream of Broken Screens ?”

In 1993, while testifying before the U.S. Senate Intelligence community then nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency R. James Woolsey said regarding threats faced by the United States that, “Yes, we have slain a large dragon… But we live now in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes. And in manyContinue reading “When Your Ammunition is Information the Battlefield is Everywhere.”