Patrick Dunleavy

Patrick Dunleavy is the former Deputy Inspector General for New York State Department of Corrections. He is the author of "The Fertile Soil of Jihad: Terrorism's Prison Connection," details of which can be found at his website at www.ptdassociates.com. Mr. Dunleavy is currently a consultant for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He teaches a class on terrorism for the United States Military Special Operations School, "Dynamics of International Terrorism" and has testified as an expert witness before the House Committee on Homeland Security concerning the threat of Islamic Radicalization in the U.S. Prison System.

He can be reached at mail@ptdassociates.com.

Writings by Patrick Dunleavy
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UK's De-Radicalization Program Continues to Flounder

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • April 25, 2022

IPT News April 25, 2022

Antisemitic Cop Killer to Speak at University

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 17, 2022

IPT News March 17, 2022

Can The UK's First Terrorist Prison Unit Succeed?

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 14, 2022

IPT News February 14, 2022

Terrorists in Prison – A Con's Game

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 2, 2021

IPT News December 2, 2021

UK Had Hoped New Counter-Terrorism Law Would Deter Terrorists – It Didn't

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 27, 2021

IPT News October 27, 2021

IG Finds Jailed Terrorists Preaching in Prison Chapels

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • July 12, 2021

IPT News July 12, 2021

ICNA Attempts to Rewrite Jamil Al-Amin's Violent History

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 8, 2021

IPT News June 8, 2021

France Joins UK in Seeking Tighter Security Measures on Released Terrorists

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • May 3, 2021

IPT News May 3, 2021

UK Prisons' Downward Spiral to Becoming Radicalization Havens Continues

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • April 6, 2021

IPT News April 6, 2021

Will Black Lives Matter Foundation's Donation Surge Fuel Anti-Semitism?

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 2, 2021

IPT News March 2, 2021

Terrorists in Prison, UK Fails to Isolate the Infected

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • January 27, 2021

IPT News January 27, 2021

UK Finally Acknowledges the Obvious

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 21, 2020

IPT News December 21, 2020

Another Terrorist Released Early, Another Deadly Terror Attack

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • November 5, 2020

IPT News November 5, 2020

Released Terrorist Returned to Jail

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 22, 2020

IPT News September 22, 2020

Released Terrorist Returns to Scene of the Crime

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 25, 2020

IPT News August 25, 2020

Miami Protester's Arrest: CAIR Gets It Wrong...Again

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 4, 2020

IPT News August 4, 2020

Abolishing the Police – A Terrorist's Dream Come True

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 17, 2020

IPT News June 17, 2020

Terrorist Challenges New UK Anti-Terrorism Law

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • May 7, 2020

IPT News May 7, 2020

BOP Audit Finds Security Lapses in Handling of Terrorists

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 31, 2020

IPT News March 31, 2020

Attacks Prompt Swift UK Legislation Blocking Terrorists From Early Prison Release

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 27, 2020

IPT News February 27, 2020

UK Scrambles for Sentencing Reforms After Another Released Jihadist's Stabbing Spree

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 5, 2020

IPT News February 5, 2020

Monsey Attacker Praised Black Hebrew Israelite Movement

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 31, 2019

IPT News December 31, 2019

Jersey City Terror Attack Mirrors Another

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 15, 2019

IPT News December 15, 2019

London Terror Attack Exposes Deradicalization Programs' Failures

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 9, 2019

IPT News December 9, 2019

Prison Radicalization a Recurring Global Threat

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • November 22, 2019

IPT News November 22, 2019

Released Terrorist Protests Court-Imposed Restrictions

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 10, 2019

IPT News October 10, 2019

IPT Exclusive: Jihadist's Prison Release Shows Just How Unprepared We Are

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 25, 2019

IPT News September 25, 2019

Confusing Narratives 18 Years After 9/11

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 16, 2019

IPT News September 16, 2019

French Judge Rules Murdering Terrorist Has a Right to Privacy

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • July 11, 2019

IPT News July 11, 2019

Study: Radical Muslim Inmates Rule UK Prisons

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 18, 2019

IPT News June 18, 2019

ICNA Solicits Donations for Prison Program

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • May 17, 2019

IPT News May 17, 2019

Another Terrorist Gets Early Prison Release

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • April 23, 2019

IPT News April 23, 2019

John Walker Lindh Should Not Be Released Early

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 26, 2019

IPT News March 26, 2019

Vetting Muslim Prison Chaplains a Global Problem

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 19, 2019

IPT News February 19, 2019

CAIR, Sarsour Erroneously Plead Religious Rights of a Murderer

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 12, 2019

IPT News February 12, 2019

How a Bigoted Organization Finagled Taxpayer Funds

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • January 14, 2019

IPT News January 14, 2019

The Strasbourg Terror Attack - Only the Names Have Changed

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 17, 2018

IPT News December 17, 2018

CAIR Continues Building Its "Wall of Resistance" Against Law Enforcement

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • November 16, 2018

IPT News November 16, 2018

Time to Break the Barriers to Researching Prison Radicalization

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 19, 2018

IPT News October 19, 2018

House Acknowledges the Need for a National Terrorist Registry

Patrick Dunleavy  • For The Record - The IPT Blog  • September 17, 2018

For The Record - The IPT Blog September 17, 2018

For Islamic Terrorists, Jihad Does Not Stop When Jailed

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 14, 2018

IPT News September 14, 2018

Are Prisons Conveyor Belts to Jihad?

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 3, 2018

IPT News August 3, 2018

Another Terrorist Sues the Bureau of Prisons

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 6, 2018

IPT News June 6, 2018

Belgium Terror Attack Mirrors an All Too Familiar Pattern

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • May 31, 2018

IPT News May 31, 2018

America needs a national terrorist registry to keep us safe

Patrick Dunleavy  • Fox News  • May 11, 2018

Fox News May 11, 2018

Your taxes are funding terrorists -- Demand that this stops

Patrick Dunleavy  • Fox News  • April 17, 2018

Fox News April 17, 2018

Freeing a Terrorist: At What Cost?

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 27, 2018

IPT News March 27, 2018

Macramé for Terrorists

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 9, 2018

IPT News February 9, 2018

The Unrepentant Terrorist

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • January 26, 2018

IPT News January 26, 2018

The anti-Israel BDS Movement seeks the destruction of Israel, not a two-state peace with Palestinians

Patrick Dunleavy  • Fox News  • January 18, 2018

Fox News January 18, 2018

Foolishness at the BOP: Allowing a Terrorist to Radicalize Others

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 29, 2017

IPT News December 29, 2017

NYPD: Fighting Terrorism on Three Sides

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 14, 2017

IPT News December 14, 2017

In 2018 the ISIS fight will shift into a deadly new phase

Patrick Dunleavy  • Fox News  • December 8, 2017

Fox News December 8, 2017

Jailhouse Jihadi: The Intriguing Case of Casey Charles Spain

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 8, 2017

IPT News December 8, 2017

Ditch political correctness and wise up. Empower cops to fight radical Islamic terrorists here at home

Patrick Dunleavy  • Fox News  • November 7, 2017

Fox News November 7, 2017

Patrick Dunleavy with Tucker Carlson: Police Practice was Sacrificed for Political Correctness

Patrick Dunleavy  • Interview on Fox News  • November 1, 2017

Interview on Fox News November 1, 2017

Underwear Bomber Sues to Make Hard Time Easier

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 25, 2017

IPT News October 25, 2017

European Attacks Show the Difficulty in Tracking Soaring Terror Suspect Numbers

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 18, 2017

IPT News September 18, 2017

Barcelona Terror Imam's Familiar Path From Prison to ISIS Soldier

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 23, 2017

IPT News August 23, 2017

UK's Flawed Solution to Prison Radicalization – Terrorist Group Therapy

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 7, 2017

IPT News August 7, 2017

Fox in the Hen House: Allowing Terrorists to Re-enter Prisons

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • June 28, 2017

Special to IPT News June 28, 2017

Admitting When You're Wrong

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 2, 2017

IPT News June 2, 2017

Karim Cheurfi: From the Cauldron of Prison to the Streets of Paris

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • April 24, 2017

IPT News April 24, 2017

London Terrorist Followed the Jihadist's Twisted Path From Prison to Terrorist

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 27, 2017

IPT News March 27, 2017

New York Cedes Ground in the Fight Against Terrorism

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • March 7, 2017

IPT News March 7, 2017

U.S. Ill Prepared for Convicted Jihadis Ending Their Prison Sentences

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • February 8, 2017

IPT News February 8, 2017

Information Not Used is Useless

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 27, 2016

IPT News December 27, 2016

Funding Terrorism - The Buck Stops Here

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • December 6, 2016

IPT News December 6, 2016

France's De-radicalization Program Deemed a Failure

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 28, 2016

IPT News October 28, 2016

Jihadist Tactics 101 - Going on the Dole

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • October 17, 2016

IPT News October 17, 2016

Choudary's Junk Justice Sentencing

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • September 14, 2016

IPT News September 14, 2016

The Choudary Quandary - The Fox in The Hen House Redux

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 19, 2016

(5 comments)		 IPT News August 19, 2016

Who's Teaching the Class?

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • July 27, 2016

(4 comments)		 IPT News July 27, 2016

Disconnecting the Dots: Blurring the Lines

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 22, 2016

(3 comments)		 IPT News June 22, 2016

Absurdity Reigns: Of Want Ads and Counter-Radicalization

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • June 2, 2016

(3 comments)		 IPT News June 2, 2016

Where Have All the "Good Boys" Gone?: Effective Handling of Captured Terrorists

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • April 28, 2016

IPT News April 28, 2016

Brothers, Prison, and the Reign of Terror

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • March 24, 2016

(1 comment)		 Special to IPT News March 24, 2016

Plans That Lead Astray: Closing Guantanamo

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • February 24, 2016

(3 comments)		 Special to IPT News February 24, 2016

Guest Column: NYPD Caves to Political Correctness

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • January 8, 2016

(10 comments)		 Special to IPT News January 8, 2016

Guest Column: Calling It What It Is – Islamic Terrorism

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • November 17, 2015

Special to IPT News November 17, 2015

Guest Column: Another Ex-Con, Another Terrorist Attack - The Danger in Closing Gitmo

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • January 9, 2015

(1 comment)		 Special to IPT News January 9, 2015

Scurrilous NYT Informant Story Ignores Successes

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • May 12, 2014

(2 comments)		 Special to IPT News May 12, 2014

NYPD Panders to Politics

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • April 17, 2014

(4 comments)		 Special to IPT News April 17, 2014

NYPD Surveillance Upheld Despite AP Campaign

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • February 24, 2014

Special to IPT News February 24, 2014

The Myth of Self-Radicalization

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • April 4, 2012

(3 comments)		 Special to IPT News April 4, 2012

French Killings Show the Path from Crime to Prison to Jihad

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • March 23, 2012

Special to IPT News March 23, 2012

Minimizing the Threat, Ignoring the Facts

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • October 18, 2011

Special to IPT News October 18, 2011

Intelligence vs. Evidence Gathering: Knowing the Difference

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • August 29, 2011

(1 comment)		 Special to IPT News August 29, 2011

The Tragedy in Norway

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • July 27, 2011

(2 comments)		 Special to IPT News July 27, 2011

Bronx Trial Shows how Prisons Breed Terrorists

Patrick Dunleavy  • Special to IPT News  • August 30, 2010

(1 comment)		 Special to IPT News August 30, 2010

The Roots of Radical Islam in Prison

Patrick Dunleavy  • IPT News  • August 14, 2009

(1 comment)		 IPT News August 14, 2009