Stay Tuned with Preet Today’s Terrorism Threats: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (with Rebecca Weiner)
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Apr 23, 2026 
Rebecca Weiner, NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism with 20+ years protecting New York, discusses an “everything, everywhere, all at once” threat landscape. She covers rising Iran-linked plotting, online radicalization and grievance‑driven attacks. Conversations include lone actors, vehicle rammings, sabotage-as-a-service, and how police adapt while respecting civil liberties.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once Threat Environment
- New York faces an "everything, everywhere, all at once" threat environment with ISIS, Iran-linked plotting, nihilistic extremism, and grievance-fueled attacks all active simultaneously.
- Rebecca Weiner links the spike since October 7 and recent Iran strikes to a broad, overlapping set of threats that bend traditional definitions of terrorism.
Definitions Shape Response And Charges
- Terrorism definitions matter legally and operationally: New York law requires intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population to qualify as terrorism.
- Many recent attacks (e.g., 345 Park Avenue) have terroristic impact without fitting "conventional" terrorism molds.
Use Three Pillars To Protect Soft Targets
- Layer deterrence, detection, and investigation to protect soft-targets like parades from vehicle-ramming or rapid lone-actor attacks.
- NYPD uses visible armed units, sensors, canines, bomb squads, cameras, and intelligence-driven deployments.