Joint Terrorism Task Forces and the Preventive Model of U.S. Counterterrorism

Over two decades after their post-9/11 expansion, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) remain the central platform for operationalizing U.S. counterterrorism strategy. This webinar explores how the JTTF model has matured into a preventive framework designed to detect and interdict threats before they materialize - shifting the paradigm from reactive response to proactive disruption.

Through two case studies - the 2009 plot by Hosam Smadi to detonate a vehicle bomb in a Dallas, TX high-rise, and the 2011 WMD conspiracy involving Khalid Aldawsari - this session with Tom Petrowski, FBI Supervisory Special Agent (Retired), and Jennifer Baker, Senior Research Fellow, will examine how JTTFs integrate intelligence, investigative tools, and interagency collaboration to identify threats at the earliest stage. These case examples illustrate the continued relevance of the JTTF model as terrorism threats evolve, reaffirming prevention as the organizing principle of domestic counterterrorism practice. 

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