complicated and challenging investigation was that of revolution muslim and that specifically of jesse morton who led that organization. so from 06 to 11, thinking a little bit of it sort of as catch me if you can with jesse as leonardo dicaprio and us trying to catch him. in speaking with the u.k. security services, depending on the time that you're speaking to them, they would say maybe 25 to 30 percent of u.k. citizens who are gone on to join al qaeda or some other jihadist organization spent at least some time there. so we understood in new york city we had a version of that, first the islamic thinker society and then frankly jesse's more extreme splinter organization, revolution muslim. we were highly concerned about that and at n.y.p.d. we were able to position an undercover n.y.p.d. officer in revolution muslim and in fact as the it administrator so he knew what jesse was having for breakfast most days. however it was very difficult because jesse was frankly a savvy operator. he knew where the line was in terms of 1st amendment and he was quite certain in not crossing it. he was really

jesse morton is the founder and codirector of parallel networks. we will get into a range of issues regarding extremism and counter extremism during this discussion and q&a portion. i will sit down and we will move the microphone. thanks. >> what i would like to do is begin by turning to jesse. we have a really interesting background. i want to ask you if you could ask wayne the origins of revolution muslims. involvement and then your transition. then i want to go to mitch for the other side of this. for a chunk of years, you were sitting on the opposite side. was publicly the first organization in the u.s. unabashedly emoting al qaeda and jihadism on the streets. we were one of the first .rganizations we initiated in 2007. we were one of the first organizations to experiment with the more social media one of the first organizations to experiment with the more social media oriented platforms such as facebook, twitter and we ran from 2007 until about 2011. i started the organization as an individual who is attending columbia university school of int

his book on al-qaeda johns hopkins counterinsurgency and classes.rrorism and jesse morton the founder and of parallel networks. we'll get into a range of issues andrding extremism counterextremism during the period.on and the q&a so thank you very much for coming and i'm going to go ahead and sit down and we're going to the mike. thanks. >> okay so what i would like to do is just begin by turning to a really's got interesting background and ask you if you can explain the origins jesse of revolution your eventualn transition. involvement,nal and then your transition, and then i want to go to mitch for thisof the other side of because you were -- for a chunk of years, you were sitting on side.posite >> so revolution muslim was probably the very first organization in the united to unabashedly promote theaeda and jihadism on streets of new york essentially, but we were one of the first experiment -- we initiated in about 2007. transition from social media 1.0 to social media 2.0. the firste of organizations to experiment with orientedsocial media performs, such as youtube, facebook, twitt

and i've used his book on al qaeda plots in my johns hopkins counter insurgency in terrorism and jesse morton the founder and codirector of parallel networksd we will get into a range of issues regarding extremism and counter extremism during the discussion of the q&a. thank you for coming and i will go sit down and we will move the microphone. thanks. >> okay. what i like to do is begin by turning to jesse who's got an interesting background. i'd like to ask you if you can explain the origins, jesse, of revolution muslims in your transition. your personal involvement and then your transition. i want to go to mitch for the other side of this for a chunk of years you're sitting on the opposite side. >> so, revolution was probably the very first organization in the united states to unabashedly promote al qaeda on the streets of new york. we were one of the first organizations to experiment or initiated in about 2007 so it was a tradition from social media 1.02.0. one of the first organizations to experiment with the more social media oriented platforms such as facebook, twitter and we ran from