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In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Bridget Johnson, Executive Editor, Threat Beat and Editorial Director, McCrary Institute. Bridget is a veteran journalist, newsroom leader, terrorism analyst, security consultant, and private investigator specializing in online open-source extremist propaganda, recruitment, and training. Strong experience leading and growing digital and print news operations and extensive knowledge of governmental affairs. She’s been a regular on Gate 15’s Nerd Out podcast, has contributed to Gate 15 analysis, and remains a great friend to our team!
“Don’t equate soft targets with unlikely targets… probing is practice” – Bridget Johnson, 10 Nov 2026
In the podcast, Bridget and Andy discuss:
- Bridget’s background, current role
- Domestic & international extremism, The Com and generation terror (read more: Threat Beat – The violent Com network came of age in the era of jihadi terrorism. Here’s why that’s a significant threat)
- Geopolitics, Blended Threats: This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Extremism…
- Russia, info ops, and extremism
- Bridget’s Crystal Ball, the evolving and escalating threat of drones, the imbalance of threat activity to threat hunters, hybrid threats and the long tail of geopolitics
- We play Three Questions and talk Lafayette & Guns n’ Roses
- White Paper: The Hostile Event Attack Cycle (HEAC), 2026 Update
- The Cyber Focus podcast
- Mentioned in the pod: Elizabeth Nolan Brown – The Millennial Internet Is Dead, and Politicians Killed It.