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Ken Ballen

Ken Ballen
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Ken Ballen

Kenneth Ballen is President and founder of Terror Free Tomorrow, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization, which investigates the causes of extremism. Since 2004, Terror Free Tomorrow’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, CBS, NBC, and cited by Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, among others. Ballen has spent two decades on the frontlines of law enforcement, international relations, intelligence oversight and congressional investigations. As a federal prosecutor, Ballen successfully convicted international terrorists. He also prosecuted major figures in organized crime, international narcotics, and... Read full bio

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Terrorists in Love will be released on June 05, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Terrorists in Love will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Terrorists in Love is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
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Chapter 1 from Terrorists in Love
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Huffington Post, February 7, 2012
...Ken Ballen is someone who gets it. Unlike those who take what terrorists claim at face value and then draw the wrong conclusions, he recognizes that individuals who are willing to...
STLtoday.com, October 31, 2011
...mystical dreams and fiery verses summoning them to martyrdom, the book explores intimate sparks of Islamic fundamentalism. Author Ken Ballen is president of Terror Free Tomorrow, a Washington-based nonprofit that investigates sources of extremism. For...
Inside Bay Area, October 17, 2011
...acts of chaos, enlisting their reluctant children in the melee. Funny and surreal. NONFICTION "Terrorists in Love" by Ken Ballen and Peter Bergen (Free Press, $25, 336 pages): The authors quizzed Islamic radicals about their motives for joining jihad....
San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2011
CNN, February 17, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
CNN, February 16, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
VOCM, February 16, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
CNN, February 16, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
CNN, February 16, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
CNN, February 16, 2012
...Arabic and facilitated by Ammar Abdulhamid, author of the daily blog Syrian Revolution Digest and a foundation fellow. Ken Ballen, author of the book "" (Free Press, 2011) and president of , a nonprofit institute that researches attitudes toward...
Huffington Post, February 7, 2012
...Ken Ballen is someone who gets it. Unlike those who take what terrorists claim at face value and then draw the wrong conclusions, he recognizes that individuals who are willing to...