SecurityNews
‘Obviously,’ White House Aide Says, America Is at War With ISIS
After a video showing the murder of a third Westerner by the terrorist group ISIS hit the Internet last night, a top Obama administration official said… Read More
SecurityNews
‘We’re Not There Anymore’: Former Secretary of State Wary of Obama’s ISIS Strategy
James A. Baker III, who served as secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush, took issue this morning with President Obama’s strategy for “defeating… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What ISIS Is Trying to Achieve With Its Slick Videos
The grisly propaganda videos released by Islamist terrorists of the executions of innocent American hostages are coldly calculated to intimidate the terrorist group’s enemies, inspire… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Act of Pure Evil’: ISIS Video Depicts Beheading of British Hostage
The terrorist group ISIS tonight released a video purporting to show the recent beheading of a British humanitarian aid worker captured in Syria last year…. Read More
SecurityNews
Au Contraire, Mr. Secretary: ‘We Are at War’ With ISIS
This means war. Apparently. Standing in sharp contrast to Secretary of State John Kerry, White House and Pentagon officials today confirmed the United States is… Read More
SecurityNews
Geography Lesson for Top Obama Aide: Syria Doesn’t Border Saudi Arabia
Speaking to reporters before President Obama’s Wednesday night address on the terrorist group ISIS, a senior administration official mentioned Saudi Arabia’s “extensive border” with Syria…. Read More
SecurityNews
‘Eyes Wide Open’ Urged in Funding Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS
House Speaker John Boehner yesterday reassured Americans that Syrian rebels — who could be the recipients of $500 million in U.S. aid — have been “well-vetted” by… Read More
SecurityNews
The Scary Amount of Oil Money ISIS Makes Every Day
President Obama, laying out his strategy last night to defeat the Islamist jihadists known as ISIS, stressed that “it will take time to eradicate a… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
How Americans Are Honoring the Fallen 13 Years Later
Thirteen years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 innocent people in New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Today, communities across the nation pay tribute… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
As You Were Watching 9/11 Unfold on TV, He Was in the Classroom With President Bush
Twitter wasn’t around in 2001. But if it was, we can assume that the world would quickly turn to the social media platform for breaking… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Broadcasting Reform: Time to Rearm, and Fight Enemy Propaganda
As the Obama Administration searches for a strategy to counter the propaganda challenge from radical Islamist groups, reform of U.S. international broadcasting remains in limbo…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
One Photo Confirms Why Military Dogs Are the Best Dogs Ever
If loyalty had to be defined by a picture, this would be it. A military working dog spotted in an airport protecting a soldier while he… Read More
SecurityNews
Meet the Last Remaining Four-Legged Hero of 9/11
Heroes of all stripes emerged during and after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, 13 years later, one is the last known of… Read More
SecurityNews
How 17 Candid Americans Reacted to Obama’s ISIS Speech
Last night, Obama addressed the nation vowing to “destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL.” The speech, focusing on a four-point counterterrorism plan for Iraq… Read More
SecurityNews
At One Border Hot Spot, Concern That Federal Prosecutors Have Cooled on Security
Officials in Yuma County, Ariz., a border region long a hot spot for illegal immigration, say the Department of Justice is scaling back an established… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Unintended Consequences of Obama’s ISIS Strategy
President Obama has a discomfort with foreign policy and using American power. He doesn’t feel comfortable doing it and wishes the problems away. Unfortunately, in the case… Read More
SecurityNews
What Obama Got Right—and Wrong—in His ISIS Speech
On Wednesday, President Obama addressed the nation concerning an uptick of action against the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL. It was a… Read More
SecurityNews
Ted Cruz Slams Obama’s ‘Photo-Op Foreign Policy’
Moments after President Obama spoke to the nation Wednesday night about the threat posed by the Islamic State, Sen. Ted Cruz told Fox News’ Megyn… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama’s 4-Point ISIS Strategy Explained in 3 Minutes
President Obama addressed the nation Wednesday night in hopes to lay out a strategy to “destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL”—a much anticipated speech… Read More
SecurityNews
A Primer for Obama’s ISIS Speech: No Easy Answers for a Long Fight
In a prime-time address tonight, President Obama hoped to explain to Americans his strategy for defeating the Islamic State, the terrorist group whose rush of… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Heritage at the NATO Summit
Last week, I participated in the Future Leaders Summit at the venue of the NATO summit in Wales, dubbed the most important summit in NATO’s… Read More
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
