Lesson One: Terror Is Not About Lone Wolves

Friday's terror attacks in Paris are as consequential as they are devastating.

They will change the trajectory of efforts to combat the threat as well as how nations protect and defend their citizens. It is too early for universal pronouncements of a path forward, especially since it is likely that accomplices will be rounded up and we'll learn how such a well-planned and coordinated effort could have been initiated without being detected.

But the range of issues they raise are sadly familiar. Here are five:

1. ISIS is already taking credit for these attacks. Its claim means something but is not conclusive....

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