Bennett Clifford

Bennett Clifford is a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.

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A New American Leader Rises in ISIS

A two-year investigation identifies one of the very few Americans in the Islamic State’s upper ranks—and sheds light on the dynamics of radicalization.
- Seamus Hughes, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, and Bennett Clifford
- January 13, 2018
Rob Dobi

First He Became an American—Then He Joined ISIS

When the FBI discovered a network of Bosnian-Americans giving support to terrorists, they also discovered Abdullah Ramo Pazara, a U.S. citizen and a battalion commander in Syria.
- Seamus Hughes and Bennett Clifford
- May 25, 2017