ABSTRACT
President John F. Kennedy once used a metaphor of an aircraft carrier to describe the US government—a mammoth creature that only with difficulty and time can be moved into a very different direction. Terrorism as a threat and counterterrorism as policy and operations moved up the priority scale for many countries, led by the United States. Foreign policy in general and terrorism in particular were mentioned in the 2016 presidential campaign but not with much in the way of specifics. During the presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump called for sweeping changes in US counterterrorism strategy and promised to "defeat the ideology of radical Islamic terrorism". Whether or not the Trump administration views terrorism as an existential threat in itself, it has become clear that it cannot be separated from other foreign policy concerns. Traditional humint collection techniques would emphasize development and recruitment of individuals involved in terrorist organizations, usually in the support apparatus rather than front-line cadre.
