Rascoff expert on where law and security meet

weapons of choice for those who combat terror on a daily basis are highly varied, ranging from fighter jets to rifles to drones to satellites. Then there are those, such as Samuel Rascoff, whose counterterrorism is a battle fought exclusively with the brain. A professor of law at the New York University Law School and a recognized expert on counterterrorism, Rascoff sees his role as understanding the sources, psychology and methods of modern terrorism and — on a considerably more specific level — keeping a close eye on how it affects the societies that terrorists target. “I make my living at the intersection of the rule of law and national security and in a sense the competing claims of liberty on the one hand and […]