The conventional wisdom today is that Al-Qaeda the organization is more or less finished and Al-Qaeda the ideological movement has risen in its place. The London bombings raise questions about the conventional wisdom.

Peter Bergen

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Events

PROSECUTING TERRORISM: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

At NYU's Villa La Pietra campus in Florence, Italy

May 25-26, 2006

La PietraParticipants included: Judge Baltasar Garzón of Spain, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière of France, Judge Armando Spataro of Italy, Scotland Yard's Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Antiterrorism, Peter Clarke, former National Security Council member, Roger Cressey, CNN terrorism correspondent and author, Peter Bergen as well as many more.

 

The topics at this year's conference included:

Lessons Learned: New York, London, Madrid; Lessons Learned: Al Qaeda and the Radicalization of Islam; A Comparison of Secrecy and Democracy in Europe and the United States; Cooperation and Coordination of Terrorism and Security; and Black Sites in Europe as a Transfer Point for Renditions.