https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/05/12/pattern-of-death/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:19:39 -0400<![CDATA[The future of terrorism, according to John Robb, will be the story of individuals acting on their own initiative according to broadly shared narrative.  That might include attacking artists in university lecture halls who&#8217;ve had the temerity to draw &#8216;Mohammed&#8217; cartoons, encouraging piracy, sowing mines and IEDs at random, or using cell phone technology to stage flash events.  Open Source Warfare is open season on everybody. According to this view the challenge comes from the grassroots.  To some extent the challenge of distributed warfare has been accepted, and war in the grassroots it is. One example of a America&#8217;s counter is the so-called &#8220;pattern of life&#8221; of life targeting, which tracks individuals, such that if a person looks persistently guilty, then he is &#8216;engaged&#8217;. The LA Times reports:]]>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:44:59 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/05/12/pattern-of-death-n189774