# Counterterrorism Requires Practitioners and Policymakers in the Same Forum by Gregory LoGerfo > The United States built its political-terrorism forum from the practitioner level, bringing people who encounter terrorist acts and threats daily into the same discussion as senior policymakers so operational and policy perspectives could converge. > **Adapted from Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [briefing transcript](https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/12/results-from-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/). - **Editorial form:** This is a labeled adaptation, not a verbatim quotation. The candidate map below identifies the source language and the construction used to make the proposition self-contained. - **Context and treatment:** This is a labeled adaptation because LoGerfo's answer contains several spoken false starts and distributes the institutional subject across the exchange. It preserves frontline practitioners, senior policymakers, daily exposure to threats, the ministerial forum, and convergence between operational and policy perspectives as the contribution; [briefing transcript](https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/12/results-from-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/), Q&A on ministerial participation. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]] - **Article:** [[articles/Reframing Antisemitism as a National Security Threat|Reframing Antisemitism as a National Security Threat]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Gregory LoGerfo|Gregory LoGerfo]] - [[wiki/Leadership|Leadership]] - [[wiki/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` The United States built its political-terrorism forum from the practitioner level, bringing people who encounter terrorist acts and threats daily into the same discussion as senior policymakers so operational and policy perspectives could converge. Adapted from Gregory LoGerfo, Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gregory-logerfo-counterterrorism-requires-practitioners-and-policymakers-in-the-same-forum ```