Bruce Tefft

Bruce Tefft is a former CIA official with outspoken and strong views on the connections between the Islamic religion and terrorism.

Tefft once quipped "Islamic terrorism is based on Islam as revealed through the Qu’ran," and that "while there may be moderate Muslims, Islam itself is immoderate."

In the case of Havlish v. bin Laden, Tefft and former CIA analyst Clare Lopez alleged that Iran was involved in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Profiles
A biographical note stated that "Dr. Bruce Tefft is a counter-terrorism and intelligence advisor to the New York Police Department (NYPD), as well as a Senior Associate with Orion Scientific Systems and a former counter-terrorism expert for the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Dr. Tefft has over 29 years of experience in the field and is an articulate and experienced speaker in the field of counterterrorism."

Controversies
In 2006, a New York police captain filed a lawsuit alleging that Tefft flooded the police communications network with bigoted condemnations of Muslims and Arabs, and incitement to violence against them.

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