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Jewish groups’ security adviser to lead US foreign fighter task force

By JTA

NOVEMBER 21, 2014 02:52

WASHINGTON — A senior security official for national Jewish umbrella groups was named to help lead a US Department of Homeland Security task force on foreign fighters.

Jeh Jonson, the Homeland Security secretary, named Paul Goldenberg, who heads the Secure Community Network, to co-chair the US Department of Homeland Security Foreign Fighter Task Force.

The task force was announced Tuesday in the Federal Register and SCN, an initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, announced Goldenberg’s leadership role on Thursday.

“Foreign fighters, as seen so prevalently fighting alongside the Islamic State, present an unparalleled security challenge for the US and one that intelligence, counterterrorism officials, law enforcement and communities may be dealing with for years to come,” Goldenberg said in the SCN release.

The task force, the release said, will address strategies to keep Americans from joining foreign militant groups, assess border, immigration and transportation security policies, and recommend strategies to keep fighters returned from abroad from carrying out violence in their communities.

Goldenberg, who also serves on the DHS’ Faith-Based Advisory and Communications Committee, has a background in law enforcement, at one time heading the bias crimes office for the New Jersey attorney general.

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