Evan F. Kohlmann (born 1979) is an American terrorism consultant who has worked for the FBI and other governmental organizations.CTC Sentinel
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, and a terrorism analyst for '' NBC News''. 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.

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

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. He attended the

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, where he studied under Mamoun Fandy. Fandy's mentorship sparked his interest in Middle East politics. "When

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lived in Egypt, he passed by the number two guy in

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there every day. He really knew his subject." Kohlmann entered the

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in the fall of 2001, a few weeks before al-Qaeda's attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.

Counter-terrorism career

Kohlmann worked as an intern at

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, a Washington, DC, counter-terrorism

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. He wrote ''Al- Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network''. He is a Senior Terrorism Consultant for The NEFA Foundation. He is also a contributor to the ''Counterterrorism Blog'', and a terrorism analyst for '' NBC News''. He has called

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"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." Guantanamo court room

He produced ''The Al Qaida Plan'', a 90-minute movie, to serve as evidence and stress relief during the

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,
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which was sponsored by the

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. According to

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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

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Keith Allred, the President of

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's Military Commission ruled that the film would be prejudicial, but he reversed this decision.

Expert witness

Kohlmann has served frequently as an

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for the prosecution in terrorism trials. "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. 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. He testified as an expert witness in the following cases:

Publications

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References

External links

Globalterroralert.com
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