Gina Ligon

About 50 @UNOmaha students contribute to our national security through the @DHSgov research center. 27 students are currently focused on threats from Iran, including tracking drone activity and cyber threats.   NCITE does important counterterrorism work--right in the heart of Nebraska! wowt.com/2026/03/11/nci…

A short thread -- With the announcement of NYPD that they're investigating the Gracie Mansion bomb incident, a reminder that at @NCITE_COE we've been tracking Homegrown: ISIS in U.S. cases for the last decade plus. Some data points:

Last week DHS-funded researchers @NCITE_COE held a webinar on cartel drone operations. NCITE is one of only a couple of DHS centers of excellence to survive the sweeping cuts of the past year youtube.com/live/hO01CZ8UL…

NEW: With my colleagues at @NCITE_COE we've spent a considerable amount of time diving into the criminal cases against 764 members. Our new report - Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges unomaha.edu/ncite/news/202…

Today we mourn the lives lost on Sept. 11 and the countless other victims of terrorist attacks since that tragic day. NCITE was established in 2020 to help policymakers, practitioners, and the public better understand the nature of terrorist threats to the United States homeland.

And thank you to Nebraska operators who keep my family, my colleagues, and my community safe @FBIOmaha @NEStatePatrol @SarpySheriff @OmahaPolice (End 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸)

Thank you to @dhsscitech for funding applied research centers like @NCITE_COE who work to support operations with new knowledge about emerging terrorist threats, tactics, and targets. (12/13)

It’s September 11th. I woke up so so very grateful for the dedicated civil servants who have protected America from hundreds of terrorist attack attempts over the past 24 years. A thread on some specific teams (1/13)

In the last week, there has been arrests in Tenn, FL, AR, IL for folks threatening various forms of violence from beheading the president, murdering an ICE officer’s wife, killing black preschool children, shooting up a high school, & murdering cops

What Dr. Whiteside outlines about special ops - violent groups using tactics that are 1) different than tactics than they have before, 2) requires “special” (unique) techniques, and 3) have an outsized effect.

Happening now on @NCITE_COE YouTube channel: Craig Whiteside & Austin Doctor talking about Hamas, ISIS, proxies, and cartels “special operations” youtube.com/watch?v=_loXvn…