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Evan Kohlmann is a
private sector
International Terrorism Consultant who has spent over a decade tracking
Al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations. During the course of his research,
Mr. Kohlmann has amassed one of the largest and most extensive open
source databases in the world of original documents, communiqués, and multimedia. He currently works as a senior
investigator for the Nine Eleven Finding Answers (NEFA)
Foundation--and has also served at various times as a contract consultant
in terrorism matters on behalf of 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 International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia (ICTFY) at the Hague, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the U.K.
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Scotland Yard's SO-15 Counter
Terrorism Command, the Central Scotland Police, and the Danish Security and Intelligence Service
(PET).
"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. While at Georgetown, he worked as a
research assistant to Dr. Mamoun Fandy in the Center for
Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS). Kohlmann 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,
where he was mentored by Dr. John Voll.
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 fourteen
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)
- United States v. Mohammed Zaki Amawi et al.
(Northern District of Ohio, 2008)
- United States v. Salim Hamdan
(Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals, 2008)
- United States v. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul
(Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals, 2008)
- United States v. Mohamad Shnewer et al.
(District of New Jersey, 2008)
- United States v. Oussama Kassir
(Southern District of New York, 2009)
Mr. Kohlmann has
also testified nine times as an approved expert
witness during criminal cases in Europe and Australia, 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, Denmark, 2007)
- Regina v. Belal Khazaal
(Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, 2008)
- Regina v. Imad Shoubaki
(Southwark Crown Court, UK, 2008)
- Public Prosecutor v. Hammad Khurshid et al.
(Glostrup Court in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008)
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