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Richard Barrett

Stephen Sackur talks to Richard Barrett a former UK counter-terror chief, on how best to confront the jihadist threat in the wake of the attacks on Paris.

In the wake of the Paris attacks mounted by homegrown militants swearing allegiance variously to al Qaeda in Yemen and the self-styled Islamic State, politicians in the west have promised to beef up security measures. Stephen Sackur talks to Richard Barrett a former UK counter-terror chief and until recently head of a UN team monitoring al Qaeda, about how best to confront the jihadist threat.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 15 Jan 2015 21:30GMT

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Richard Barrett

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