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What I Saw at the Bourbon Street Attack

Season 4, Ep. 49
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Wherein Ben welcomes Gia Kokotakis, a terrorism scholar studying car ramming attacks, who happened to be present at the Bourbon Street attack last week. She tells us about the history and development of car ramming attacks, and discusses what she saw on the ground that night. Read her article on the attack here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/in-new-orleans-i-witnessed-a-terror-attack

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