SecurityCommentary
Advice for Obama: What He Should Say About ISIS Tonight
President Obama “has to avoid the risk of talking about what he will not do and what America will not do,” says Steve Bucci, a… Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: What More Troops in Iraq Means for Defeating ISIS
Despite repeated U.S. airstrikes ordered by President Obama to blunt the advance of the Islamic State, the brutal terrorist group — also known as ISIS… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Benghazi Eyewitness Stories Contradict Official Account
Eyewitness accounts of the Benghazi attack—broadcast by Fox News over the weekend—have now publicly and directly contradicted the official account as shaped by the State… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Visa Waiver Program Is No Threat to National Security
Recent reports of foreign fighters from Europe and the U.S. in Syria and Iraq have caused speculation regarding the security of the U.S.’s Visa Waiver… Read More
SecurityFeature
Arab Bank Mounts Its Defense in Landmark Terrorist Financing Case
The chairman of Arab Bank, Sabih Al-Masri, is expected to be the first defense witness as a landmark terrorism trial begins its third week in… Read More
SecurityNews
How Ted Cruz Would Defeat ISIS
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday he hopes President Obama seeks congressional approval in taking military action against the Islamic State, the terrorist group also… Read More
SecurityNews
‘This Is Not the Equivalent of the Iraq War’: Obama Won’t Use Ground Troops to Combat ISIS
In a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today, President Obama said he will not deploy U.S. ground troops to Iraq or Syria to… Read More
SecurityNews
Greta Van Susteren: White House Pressured Me to Get Fox News to Back Down on Benghazi
Last night, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren said the White House pressured her to get a colleague to back down on a Benghazi story…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Should Talk About ISIS the Way David Cameron Does
The contrast between last week’s press conference in London by British Prime Minister David Cameron and the White House remarks by President Obama could not… Read More
SecurityNews
Has President Obama Watched the Islamic State’s ‘Message to America’ Videos?
Yesterday, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl asked White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes whether President Obama has watched the two videos of the Islamic… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Was Underwhelming in His Remarks on ISIS
This wasn’t the voice of President Reagan, rallying the free world to confront a great evil, a great menace to the world today.
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Transatlantic Trends: NATO Still Required for Europe’s Defense
The German Marshall Fund announced the results of its annual Transatlantic Trends survey this week, to coincide with the 2014 NATO summit in Wales. The… Read More
SecurityNews
Flashback: President George W. Bush Warned of What Would Happen If the U.S. Withdrew From Iraq Too Early
Facing criticism from opponents of the Iraq War after ordering a troop surge in 2007, President George W. Bush issued a warning of what would… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Joan Rivers’ Passionate Defense of Israel Against Hamas
“Let me just tell you: If New Jersey were [blasting] rockets into New York, we would wipe them out,” said comedian Joan Rivers in July…. Read More
SecurityNews
House Deputy Whip Says Obama Immigration Action Would Hand Control of Senate to Republicans
A Texas lawmaker says if President Obama were to try to revamp immigration law on his own, it would change the course of November’s midterm… Read More
SecurityNews
Mother of Jailed Marine Asks White House to Expedite Release From Mexico Prison
Nearly 135,000 people have signed a petition demanding the release of Marine Corps Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from a Mexico prison, prompting an official response from… Read More
Islamic State Beheads a Second American Journalist, Warns of More Executions
The Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, claims to have beheaded a second American journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff. A video of… Read More
SecurityNews
Parents of Fallen Navy SEAL Voice Outrage at Obama in Emotional Letter
Billy and Karen Vaughn, the parents of a Navy SEAL who died in combat, recently called President Obama’s handling of terrorism “cowardly” and suggested he… Read More
SecurityNews
U.S. Government Lost Track of 6,000 Foreign Nationals of ‘Heightened Concern’
More than 6,000 foreign nationals in the United States on student visas have vanished after overstaying their time here, raising alarm at the Department of… Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: Can the World Count on the U.N. to Fight ISIS Terrorists?
Top officials for the United Nations last week announced the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, committed crimes against humanity “on an unimaginable… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Militarization’ Critics Want to Review a Pentagon Program After Ferguson. But Police Get Gear This Way, Too.
President Obama has led a chorus of cries for a review of a Pentagon program supplying “excess” weaponry and equipment to state and local police… Read More
SecurityNews
Rep. Pete King: Islamic State Does Plan on Attacking U.S.
During an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., reminded viewers al-Qaeda didn’t need an “excuse” to attack the United States on… Read More
SecurityNews
Rep. Mike Rogers: ‘Hundreds’ of Americans Connected to Islamic State
One of the concerns other countries have regarding the Islamic State is citizens who have trained with the terrorist group using their passports to return… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Don’t Assume Millennials Couldn’t Step Up to Plate in World War II Scenario
“I’d bet they’re asleep in New York. I’d bet they’re asleep all over America,” bemoans Rick the saloonkeeper in the classic 1942 film “Casablanca.” As… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The ISIS Propaganda War
While the U.S. government unbelievably – according to President Obama himself – does not have a strategy for dealing with the threat from ISIS (Islamic… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The U.K. Has Raised Its Terror Threat Level
What does this mean?
SecurityCommentary
The Advantage the U.S. Is Giving ISIS
ISIS knows exactly what President Obama is going to do. That’s the real problem.
SecurityNews
Iraqi Boy, 2, Loses Most of Family as ISIS Terrorists Target Town
After escaping a terrorist-besieged Iraqi town with his family, 2-year-old Hasan was wounded when a suicide bomb went off near a mosque. The blast in the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Britain Became a Breeding Ground for Jihadists
The Islamists have … infiltrated a lot of schools in Britain and indoctrinated young British Muslims who have then become jihadists and gone on to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
11 Reasons Why ISIS Might Be More Dangerous Than al-Qaeda
ISIS is not just the terror group de jour. They are a hugely successful movement with an apocalyptic, nihilistic philosophy. When they say “convert, join… Read More
