On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
Director of the Warfare, Irregular Threats and Terrorism Program at CSIS
2 things Daniel Byman said, verbatim, from July 17, 2026 to October 5, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Positions
Qualifies
“It is plausible to me that Iran is involved, but that seems like much more of a stretch based on Iran's traditional way of operating.”
Fox News UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe on Tel Aviv flight ›
Others on this question
“This to me is very much something that could have come from Hezbollah or the IRGC Quds Force, this is the kind of things that they think of,”
More on the record
As printed
“We have potential violence from a range of sources, and the extreme right is one of them,”
on right-wing violence as equally significant threat
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