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Evan Kohlmann is an
International Terrorism Consultant who has spent a decade tracking
Al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. In the course of his research,
he has amassed one of the largest databases in the world of
terrorist communiqués and multimedia. He currently works as a senior
investigator on behalf of the Nine Eleven Finding Answers (NEFA)
Foundation and has served at various times as a private consultant
in terrorism matters for the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the U.K.
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and Scotland Yard's SO-15 Counter
Terrorism Command.
 "Mr.
Kohlmann
is certainly qualified to provide expert testimony on [terrorism]
issues... Mr. Kohlmann has conducted first-hand interviews of
several leaders of terrorist organizations and has reviewed reams of
information about al Qaeda... It is apparent that these subjects are
Mr. Kohlmann's life work, and he has, therefore, acquired a
considerable amount of information and documentation on these
subjects."
- U.S. District
Judge Mark Kravitz (2/20/08)
Mr. Kohlmann holds a degree in International
Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
(Georgetown University), and a J.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School. He is also the recipient of a certificate
in Islamic studies from the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for
Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU) at Georgetown University.
Mr. Kohlmann has
been a frequent expert guest on nationally televised news programs
and is featured as an exclusive on-air terrorism analyst for NBC
News. He is also a regular contributor to The Counterterrorism Blog,
"the first multi-expert blog dedicated solely to
counterterrorism issues." Mr. Kohlmann has served as an approved
expert witness in various federal terrorism trials--including court
testimony in nine
cases:
- United States
v. Sabri Benkhala (Eastern District of Virginia, 2004)
- United States v. Ali Timimi (Eastern District of Virginia, 2005)
- United States v. Uzair Paracha (Southern District of New York,
2005) (link to Daubert ruling)
- United States v. Ali Asad Chandia (Eastern District of Virginia,
2006)
- United States v. Yassin Aref (Northern District of New York, 2006)
- United States v. Sabri Benkhala (Eastern District of Virginia,
2007)
- United States v. Rafiq Sabir (Southern District of New York, 2007)
- United States v. Emadeddine Muntasser et al. (District of
Massachusetts, 2007)
- United States v. Hassan Abu Jihaad (District of
Connecticut, 2008) (link to Daubert ruling)
Mr. Kohlmann has
also testified six times as an approved expert
witness during criminal cases in Europe, including the following:
- International
Prosecutors v. Abduladhim Maktouf
(Supreme Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina [SUD-BIH], June 2005)
- Regina v.
Mohammed Ajmal Khan and Palvinder Singh
(Snaresbrook Crown Court,
UK, 2006)
- H.M.A. v. Mohammed Atif Sidique
(Glasgow High Court, Scotland, 2007)
- Regina v. Samina Malik
(Old Bailey Crown Court, UK, 2007)
- Regina v. Hassan Mutegombwa
(Old Bailey Crown Court, UK, 2007)
- State Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crimes v. Al-Aqsa
Foundation
(High Court in Copenhagen, December 2007)
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