SecurityAnalysis
Massacre in Orlando: 86th Instance of Islamist Terror in US Since 9/11
This attack is the 22nd plot or attack since the start of 2015, and the sixth this year. The massacre in Orlando is also the… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
4 Reasons Why We Need Another 9/11 Commission After Orlando
How many red flags does it take to see that Islamist-related terror is increasing? The U.S. alone has been the target of at least 85… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Where Does the Hate Come From?
I was driving from Sarasota, Florida, to Washington in the pre-dawn hours Sunday morning when my iPhone chirped a news alert. More than 50 people… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s Shameful Pivot to Gun Control After Orlando
It’s not surprising that, after the first responders, the first response to the horrific attack that killed 50 or more people at gay nightclub Pulse… Read More
SecurityNews
To Keep Guantanamo Open, Conservative Senators Push to Declassify Detainee Records
President Barack Obama is running out of time to fulfill his campaign promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and bring some detainees… Read More
SecurityNews
Federal Officials Delayed San Bernardino Terrorist Attack Probe
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general concludes that the field office director at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “improperly delayed”… Read More
SecurityNews
A Visit to Ground Zero of ISIS’ Genocide in Iraq
SINJAR, Iraq—This town in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here. As The Daily… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Gitmo Detainees Coming to US? Not So Fast
It’s almost summer, so that means that the United States Senate and House of Representatives will take up—again—more legislation related to the terrorist detention facility… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Killing of Taliban Leader in Pakistan Demonstrates Shift in US Strategy
U.S. officials say they are confident that a drone strike carried out in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Saturday killed top Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad… Read More
SecurityNews
One Muslim Police Officer’s Unique Role in Keeping His Community Safe
As a Muslim with a dream to be a police officer, Sharif Hidayat stood out in the Jesuit high school he attended in Maryland’s Montgomery… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
An Interactive Timeline of the 85 Islamist Terror Plots Since 9/11
South Florida Synagogue Plot On April 29, James Gonzalo Medina was arrested for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to attack a Florida… Read More
SecurityNews
What It’s Like to Be on ISIS’ Kill List
Waleed Basyouni is trying to take something good from the fact that the Islamic State terrorist group has specifically targeted him for death. In the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Do Human Rights Abuses Cause Terrorism?
Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski presided over the release of the… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Number of Islamist Terror Plots Rises to 84
On Nov. 4, 2015, Faisal Mohammad was shot and killed for stabbing four individuals on the University of California-Merced campus. An FBI investigation later discovered… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Yes, Terrorists Are Setting Their Sights on Our Southern Border
According to press reports, a man arrested as part of an Islamic State (ISIS) group in Minnesota claimed he wanted to setup a pipeline to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How America Can Win the War Against the Global Jihadi Movement
America has been at war since Sept. 11, 2001, but many Americans question whether we are winning. In his new book, “Defeating Jihad,” national security… Read More
SecurityNews
Rick Perry: We Are ‘Not in a War’ With Muslims
Rick Perry is frustrated with political rhetoric that he sees as discriminatory toward Muslims, and says he “owes it to America” to share a different… Read More
SecurityFeature
How These Texas Muslims Help Lead the Fight Against Terror
HOUSTON—Like most millennials, the 25-year-old Muslim man giving the evening sermon at the Madrasah Islamiah mosque in Houston is obsessed with getting the word out…. Read More
SecurityFeature
Houston’s Muslim-Led Plan to Protect the Homeland
HOUSTON—It’s rush hour after a 9-to-5 cycle at his day job, and Mustafa Tameez is forcing his massive Infiniti SUV through traffic, passing the time… Read More
SecurityCommentary
ISIS’ Next Attack Could Be With Chemical Weapons
Earlier this month, Morocco’s head of counterterrorism, Abdelhak Khiame, warned that the Islamic State (ISIS) is trying to build chemical weapons to use in an… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pentagon Got ISIS’ Second Ranking Leader. Why We Need to Try Harder.
American defense officials have announced that a very senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader has been killed in a U.S. military operation. While this is good… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Brussels Terrorists Linked to Nuclear Plot
Two of the terrorists responsible for the bombings in Brussels have been linked to a possible plot on nuclear facilities uncovered by Belgian security back… Read More
InternationalNews
Has Europe Blinked on Defeating ISIS in the Middle East?
KYIV, Ukraine—The terrorist attacks in Brussels so far have produced an internal evaluation of Belgium’s intelligence and law enforcement missteps, rather than the escalated airstrikes… Read More
SecurityNews
National Security Experts: Brussels Terrorist Attacks ‘Grave,’ ‘A Bit Embarrassing’
When twin explosions hit Brussels early Tuesday morning, killing at least 31 people and wounding at least 270 others, they exposed a dangerous intelligence gap right… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama Administration Reshuffles Counterterrorism Strategies
Tuesday’s terrorist attack during Brussels’ morning rush hour was horrific proof again that Islamist terrorists are waging war on Europe and the United States. Islamic… Read More
SecurityNews
In Aftermath of Brussels Attacks, Conservatives Call for Border Security
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels that left at least 30 dead, conservatives in Congress say that addressing border security is the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Real American Leadership Is Needed in Aftermath of Brussels Terror Attacks
The barbaric terror attacks on the Belgian capital of Brussels highlight once again that the free world is fighting a global war against Islamist terrorism…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Europe’s Breeding Ground for Terror
Belgians and all Europeans are looking around themselves today with renewed apprehension, having been reminded once more by the attacks in Brussels about their vulnerability… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After Brussels Attacks, US Must Not Repeat Europe’s Mistakes
The first question security professionals around the world ask after a horrific terrorist attack is: What’s next? The second question is: How to stop it?… Read More
SecurityCommentary
KT McFarland on the ‘Powder Keg’ That’s About to Explode in Europe
KT McFarland decided to re-enter the national security arena after 9/11. She had stepped down as the highest-ranking woman at the Pentagon in the Reagan… Read More
