Evan Kohlmann

Evan F. Kohlmann
Born	1979 (age 32–33)
Nationality	U.S.
Alma mater	Georgetown University; University of Pennsylvania Law School
Occupation	Terrorism consultant; senior investigator; terrorism analyst; expert witness
Employer	The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation; NBC News
Notable works	Al- Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network
Website
globalterroralert.com

Evan F. Kohlmann (born 1979 (age 32–33)) is an American terrorism consultant who has worked for the FBI and other governmental organizations.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He is a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog, a senior investigator with The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Counter-terrorism career 2.1 The Al Qaida Plan 2.2 Expert witness 3 Publications 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Early life and education

In a 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 Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

He attended the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he studied under Mamoun Fandy.^[2] Fandy's mentorship sparked his interest in Middle East politics. "When [Fandy] lived in Egypt, he passed by the number two guy in al-Qaeda there every day. He really knew his subject."

Kohlmann entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the fall of 2001, a few weeks before al-Qaeda's attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.^[2]

Counter-terrorism career

Kohlmann worked as an intern at The Investigative Project, a Washington, DC, counter-terrorism think-tank.^[2][7]

He wrote Al- Qaida’s Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network while he was a law student.^[8] The first edition of the book was published by Oxford University Press in 2002. "I turned to a classmate and said, ‘This is Osama Bin Laden, and I have to go do something about it’."

He is a Senior Terrorism Consultant for The NEFA Foundation.^[9][10] He is also a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog,^[11] and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.^[1]

He has called Anwar al-Awlaki "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's founder, the "virtual bible for lone-wolf Muslim extremists."^[12]

The Al Qaida Plan

Kohlmann produced "The Al Qaida Plan" to be used as evidence during the Guantanamo Military Commissions.^[13] Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald reported that "The Al Qaida Plan" was modeled after a film made for the Nuremberg tribunals called "The Nazi Plan".

Expert witness

Kohlmann has served frequently as an expert witness for the prosecution in terrorism trials.^[2][14][15] "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.”

He testified as an expert witness in the following cases:

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Case	Defendant	Notes
U.S. v. Sabri Benkhala	Sabri Benkhala
U.S. v. Ali Timimi	Ali al-Timimi
U.S. v. Uzair Paracha	Uzair Paracha
U.S. v. Ali Asad Chandia	Ali Asad Chandia	Teacher at an Islamic school in Maryland, charged with providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba.[17][18]
U.S. v. Yassin Aref	Yassin Aref	Kohlmann was a last-minute replacement for the prosecution's original witness, Rohan Gunaratna.[19]
U.S. v. Rafiq Sabir	Rafiq Abdus Sabir	Medical doctor who allegedly agreed to provide clandestine medical treatment to wounded jihadists, and to have sworn bayat to a government agent pretending to be al-Qaeda official.[20]
U.S. v. Emadeddine Muntasser	Emadeddine Muntasser
Regina v. Mohammed Ajmal Khan and Palvinder Singh	Mohammed Ajmal Khan Palvinder Singh
H.M.A. v. Lawyers	Mohammed Atif Sidique	Bin Laden's driver's trial
Regina v. Samina Malik	Samina Malik
Regina v. Hassan Mutegombwa	Hassan Mutegombwa
Regina v. Tsouli	Younes Tsouli (Irhabi 007)	Charged with posting manuals on computer hacking, and posting al-Qaeda jihadist propaganda (often on unsuspecting external web pages).[21][22]

Publications

• Evan Kohlmann (December 20, 1999). "A Bitter Harvest: The Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan and its Effects on Afghan Political Movements" (PDF). Georgetown University. http://law.upenn.edu/~ekohlman/afghanistan.pdf. Retrieved February 18, 2008. 
• Evan Kohlmann (April 17, 2001). "The Legacy of the Arab-Afghans: A Case Study" (PDF). Georgetown University. http://www.globalterroralert.com/thesis.pdf. Retrieved February 18, 2008. 
• Evan Kohlmann (January 2, 2003). ""Axis of Evil": Indicted Hamas leader linked to al Qaeda activist in Midwest". National Review. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-kohlmann010203.asp. Retrieved February 18, 2008. 
• Evan F. Kohlmann (2004). Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network. Berg. ISBN 1-85973-807-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=aTL9wSjurfAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Evan+Kohlmann%22&num=100&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
  The first edition of the book was published by Oxford University Press in 2002.
• Evan Kohlmann (May 14, 2004). "Breeding Ground: A home for al Qaeda in Iraq". National Review. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/kohlmann200405140835.asp. Retrieved February 18, 2008. 
• Evan Kohlmann (September/October 2006). "The Real Online Terrorist Threat". Foreign Affairs. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060901faessay85510/evan-f-kohlmann/the-real-online-terrorist-threat.html. Retrieved February 18, 2008. 
• Evan Kohlmann (December 2008). "Inside As-Sahaab: The Story of Ali al-Bahlul and the Evolution of Al-Qaida’s Propaganda". NEFA Foundation. http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefabahlulsahaab1208.pdf. Retrieved December 3, 2008.  mirror
• Evan F. Kohlmann (2008). "Homegrown" Terrorists: Theory and Cases in the War on Terror's Newest Front". The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 618 (1): 95–109. http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/618/1/95. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 

See also

• Jarret Brachman
• Steven Emerson
• Rita Katz

References

External links

• Globalterroralert.com Website run by Kohlmann

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