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National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center | 60+ experts at 40+ partner institutions across the U.S. & Europe | HQ at @UNOmaha

 Omaha, Nebraska
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Joined February 2020
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Watch as this reporter sees how dangerous abliterated AI is in the hands of a terrorist. But NCITE Ph.D. Margaret Shercliffe is optimistic for the future of counterterrorism research. "I think we're well positioned to continue countering these threats."
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📢 NCITE Webinar: Tactical Innovation and Special Operations in Mexican Drug Cartels 📆 Tuesday, Nov. 10 | 2 p.m. CST/3 p.m. EST 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/4wnw6x2b
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NCITE monitors federal cases involving threats to public officials. Charges YTD in 2026 — 145 — have already eclipsed the 133 cases in 2025, which itself was a record year. Read our research: unomaha.edu/ncite/research/r… "An unprecedented year" -@SeamusHughes ketv.com/article/omaha-resea…

Threats Against Public Officials

A landing page for NCITE's research project examining threats to public officials. The project is led by Pete Simi and Seamus Hughes.

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NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence retweeted
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Congrats Joel Elson, PhD! His innovative work at @NCITE_COE is making us all safer & why he's our 2026 Emerging Inventor! @UNOmaha @u_nebraska unemed.com/news/nebraska-inv…
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Austin Doctor@austincdoctorOct 15
Cartels use drones to scout border agents and map smuggling routes, expert warns. Glad for a chance to share with @FoxNews insights from @NCITE_COE (team!) research on cartel innovation and emerging trends in their use of unmanned systems. foxnews.com/world/cartels-us…

Cartels use drones to scout border agents and map smuggling routes, expert warns

The U.S. military detected 378 cartel drone incursions along the Mexico border in 30 days, and experts warn cartels will continue to innovate.

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"The threat hasn't gone away; it continues to persist," @austincdoctor told the Minnesota Star Tribune in wake of the foiled Mall of America terror plot allegedly planned by a Minnesota man pledging allegiance to ISIS. Read the full story: startribune.com/mall-of-amer…

Foiled mall plot reveals how Minnesota’s terror threat has evolved

Federal charges announced this week recalled counterterrorism investigations from more than a decade ago, when a wave of young men were lured to join overseas terrorist groups.

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NCITE has been tracking federal cases of threats to public officials since 2013. Read our research: unomaha.edu/ncite/research/r…

Threats Against Public Officials

A landing page for NCITE's research project examining threats to public officials. The project is led by Pete Simi and Seamus Hughes.

unomaha.edu
The New York Times
@nytimesOct 11
Serving in public office in the U.S. is dangerous. A new normal of violent threats is making it worse, dozens of elected officials told the New York Times. nyti.ms/3VHM0Az

America’s Elected Officials Are Living in Fear

A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

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The 18-year-old Minnesota man charged in Mall of America foiled attack fits profile of other radicalized recruits to terror groups — young, male and "terminally online, going down a rabbit hole," @SeamusHughes told @CBSNews. Read more: cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/m…

Mall of America terror suspect was 16 when informant first began talking to him, FBI reports

The FBI says an informant started talking to the 18-year-old accused of planning to shoot people at Mall of America when he was 16. A counterterrorism expert says terror suspects are getting younger...

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"Groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist organizations understand the atmosphere they're dealing with and use those tools in order to recruit," @SeamusHughes told @JanaShortal from @kare11. Watch: kare11.com/video/news/local/…

Expert: Terror attack cases often follow a pattern

A counterterrorism worker tells KARE 11 that the 18-year-old charged with alleged threats to kill people in Minnesota mostly fits a pattern.

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🚨 New NCITE paper examines threats to U.S. data centers, including physical and cyber risks, grievance-driven violence, and information-sharing gaps. Read key takeaways and the full paper: unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2026/…

New NCITE Research: Growing Security Risks to U.S. Data Centers

As data centers become a growing part of American infrastructure, NCITE experts examine how evolving threats could put national security at risk.

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On Wednesday, federal authorities filed charges against a Minnesota man who allegedly planned to attack the Mall of America this month. NCITE scientists & data provided context: The man was the 282nd person charged for ISIS-related activity since 2014. startribune.com/federal-terr…

Federal prosecutors accuse man of planning mall terror attack

Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, allegedly expressed intent to join and fight for terrorist organizations overseas.

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NCITE senior research faculty member @SeamusHughes told the @StarTribune that terrorism cases have leveled off in the past few years, but this one “hits a lot of the normal trendlines we have seen in other cases.” startribune.com/federal-terr…
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@SeamusHughes told @JNSAmerica the man is the 8th this year to be charged with ISIS-related crimes. “...there is a pull of would-be supporters, who consider traveling overseas to join ISIS but instead turn inward towards attacks in the United States.” jns.org/news/u-s-news/minnes…

Minnesota teen arrested for planning ISIS-style attack on Mall of America due to its Jewish owners,...

Seamus Hughes, senior researcher at the University of Nebraska Omaha, told JNS that "ISIS still has a resonance with a small subsection of Americans."

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Three years after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, read our 78-page report & listen to conversations featuring NCITE scientists that examine how the attack and its aftermath shaped the terrorism threat landscape in the U.S. and internationally. unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2026/…

October 7 Attack: Three Years Later

On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, NCITE revisits research and conversations reflecting on how the attack and its aftermath have shaped the terrorism threat landscape...

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Today, Justice Department prosecutors in Minnesota filed charges against Sheikhdoon Abullahi Mohamud for allegedly supporting ISIS. He is the 8th person charged for ISIS-related activities in the U.S. this year. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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At NCITE, we’ve continued to monitor these types of cases. 282 people have been federally charged for ISIS-related activity since 2014. Read our report: digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/n…

Homegrown: U.S. Federal Cases Against ISIS (2014 - 2026)

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a transnational Salafi-jihadist terrorist group, designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the U.S. Department of State. Since 2014 when...

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In April, NCITE scientists, led by NCITE criminology doctoral student @callievitro, explored the factors which determine whether homegrown violent extremists travel to the Islamic State or choose to stay and plan attacks in the U.S. Read more: digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/n…
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NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence retweeted
Seamus Hughes
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"Ask the abliterated model how to make a bomb; a detailed response is forthcoming. Ask the tool how to develop a new pathogen to distribute in the food supply chain? No problem." lawfaremedia.org/article/the…

The AI Threat We’re Not Talking About

AI employees are raising concerns about an extinction-level event. But there’s a more immediate threat.

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NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence retweeted
Austin Doctor@austincdoctorSep 28
The AI Threat We’re Not Talking About. From @NCITE_COE leaders, Sam Hunter and @SeamusHughes, today in @lawfare. lawfaremedia.org/article/the…

The AI Threat We’re Not Talking About

AI employees are raising concerns about an extinction-level event. But there’s a more immediate threat.

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NCITE researcher Bettina Rottweiler, Ph.D., is featured in investigative reporting into the online sextortion network 764, which targets youth and promotes abuse, self-harm, harm against animals, and other sadistic content. tinyurl.com/mvtxm777

How the FBI is investigating an online extremist group targeting teens

The FBI calls the group known as 764 “pure evil.” Federal investiga...

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From @UNOmaha classrooms to Capitol Hill. NCITE students Margaret Shercliffe & Alexis d’Amato helped uncover the risks of jailbroken AI — research so compelling it took them to Washington, D.C. twice to demonstrate their findings for lawmakers. Read more: unomaha.edu/news/2026/09/uno…
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