Tese apresentada como requisito parcial para a obtenção do grau de "Master of Arts in Security Studies" ("Homeland Security and Defense"), apresentada à Naval "Postgraduate School", tendo como orientador Erik Dahl. Ficheiro de 1,69 MB em formato PDF (95 p.).

I. Preventing Lone-Wolf Terrorism: Introduction. A. Major Research Question. B. Importance. C. Problems and Hypotheses. D. Method and Overview. E. Literature Review. 1. Al-Qaeda: From Hierarchy to Lone Wolf. 2. Lone-Wolf Terrorism: A Unique Threat. 3. Crowdsourcing Intelligence: A Possible Alternative. Ii. The Lone-Wolf Problem and Current Methods to Combat It. A. Al-Qaeda: From Hierarchy to Individual. B. Emergence of the Lone Wolf. C. Case Studies of Lone Wolves. D. Current Efforts to Combat Lone-Wolf Terrorism. Iii. Crowdsourcing: Lessons from Commercial Applications. A. Why Crowdsourcing Is Relevant. B. Case Studies of Crowdsourcing. C. Applicability of Crowdsourcing To Domestic Intelligence. Iv. Applying Crowdsourcing to Domestic Intelligence. A. Current Domestic Intelligence Crowdsourcing Attempts . B. A National Crowdsourced Domestic Intelligence Enterprise. C. Benefits of a Nationwide Crowdsourced Domestic Intelligence Enterprise. V. Conclusion and Possible Future Research. A. Counterargument. B. Conclusion. C. Future Research. List of References.