Simon Ghost Riley 'Tough Love'

Mutilating Motive

Alejandro opens the base door with his phone still in hand
"Rodolfo wants to know if he has a motive"
Alejandro asks

"We're still looking into it"
Price says

Alejandro leans his phone against his cheek, listening to Rodolfos question before separating from it again

"Do you know when you will?"
He asks for Rodolfo

"Determining what drives people to terrorism is no easy task. Terrorists aren't to keen on volunteering as experimental subjects, and examining their activities from afar can lead to erroneous conclusions"
My words came out sterner than intended, but considering I was in a cell for four days, he sure as hell better understand

"Any idea how you'll get it safely?"
Gaz asks

"Given these complexities, the psychology of terrorism is marked more by theory and opinion than by good science. A number of task forces put together reliable data. It's generally more useful to view terrorism in terms of group dynamics and processes than individual ones, and that universal psychological principles like subconscious fear of death and our desire for meaning and personal significance may help to explain some aspects of a terrorists actions and our reactions to them"

"Good lady. I'll let Rodolfo in on some things, you four go figure it out"
Alejandro returns his attention back to Rodolfo on the phone

"Come one boys"
I motion my head towards Prices office and walk in front of them, Soap letting out a small breathy laugh as he follows second behind me

I sit down in the chair in front of the computer, Soap pulling one and sitting next to me. He seems very eager to be involved, and that makes me happy, and I'm pretty sure the rest that are surrounding the desk are as well when they see Soap sit down so quickly.

His alcohol he consumed has wore off, so I'm not worried of him doing what he did before. The only one in this room that doesn't seem so happy is ghost, if anything he seems highly agitated that Soap sat by me with no hesitation. Perhaps it's because he was all over me earlier, but I don't care. But I don't have time for Ghosts attitude. This needs to get done

"Beyond the individual characteristics of terrorists, I've learned over the years of working for the military that it's more fruitful to investigate how people change as a result of terrorist involvement than to simply ask why they enter in the first place. That's because asking why, tends to yield pat ideological responses, while asking how, reveals important information about the processes of entry, involvement, and leaving organizations, he has found. Potential areas to tap include examining the myriad ways people join organizations, whether via recruitment or personal decision"

"So In turn, you think such data could help to create plausible interventions?"
Soap asks, turning his head to me

"For instance, based on what I've learned about why terrorists leave organizations, a particularly promising strategy may highlight a way to intervene without getting them KIA. However,  the promised glamorous strategies we find may never work to get a former terrorist out of their horrific ways when they're already in action"

"Steamin Jesus"
Soap wipes his mouth in disbelief

"So speaking with former terrorists, many with blood on their hands, will offer an extraordinary opportunity to use the terrorists own words and deeds against them?"
Prices moves in closer, asking as he looks at what I'm writing notes on the computer