CERL Advisory Council member Mark Fallon appeared on News Beat Podcast to discuss how the lessons learned from 9/11 can be instructive for the Israel-Hamas war. He addresses, among other topics, the danger of fear-based decisions, the role dehumanization plays in escalating violence, and the perils of pursuing military solutions to geopolitical challenges.  

Mark Fallon is the co-founder and director of Project Aletheia at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, director of ClubFed, LLC, and a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Fallon has been in the national security field for over three decades, principally as a special agent with NCIS, and is the author of Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture. Read his bio here.

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