SecurityCommentary
Islamic Terrorists Should Be Called Islamic Terrorists
For more than three decades, they have sought out and killed Americans. In 1983, in one of the first major anti-American attacks, they bombed the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What It’s Like to Find Out Bin Laden Read Your Work. A Heritage Researcher Talks About the Discovery.
Today, many of Osama bin Laden’s documents and writings were declassified. It turns out that bin Laden’s library included a paper by The Heritage Foundation’s Jim… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Fall of Ramadi Raises Questions About Obama’s Strategy to Defeat ISIS in Iraq
The seizure of the city of Ramadi by the Islamic State (or ISIS) on Sunday was a major setback for the Iraqi government and for… Read More
SecurityCommentary
State Department Stonewalling Has Made for a Tough Year for the Benghazi Select Committee
It’s been a year since the House Select Committee on Benghazi began its work, and although the committee has produced an interim report and its… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Forget Seymour Hersh. What’s Really Outrageous Is US Giving Billions to Terrorist-Supporting Pakistan.
Did the Obama administration lie about the details surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death? A recent article in the London Review of Books titled “The Killing… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What to Make of ISIS Claim of Responsibility for Texas Shootings
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a failed attack that occurred on Sunday in Garland, Texas. At the “First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest,” two… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trey Gowdy’s Questions for Hillary Clinton
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi, is fine with Hillary Clinton’s decision to appear at a full hearing… Read More
SecurityNews
House Oversight Chairman: Hillary Clinton Needs to Answer Benghazi Questions
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz believes more answers are needed from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the 2012 Benghazi terrorist… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Killing of U.S. Hostage Shows Limitations of Drones in Fighting Global Terrorism
President Obama announced earlier today that U.S. aid contractor Warren Weinstein, who had been held hostage by al-Qaeda in Pakistan since August 2011, was accidentally… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Oklahoma City Rebounded From America’s Worst Act of Home-Grown Terrorism
It’s been 20 years since we experienced the worst act of American home-grown terrorism at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This… Read More
SecurityNews
Photo Essay: The Oklahoma City Bombing, 20 Years Later
On April 19, 1995, 168 people were killed and 680 injured in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City—leaving… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Yemen Is a Public Relations Disaster for the Obama Administration
You have to wonder whether the White House has a good grip on the global terrorism fight considering a number of strategic missteps, judgments and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Thwarting of NYC Women’s Terrorist Plot Shows US Must Remain Vigilant
Two women were arrested in New York Thursday for allegedly plotting to conduct bombings with pressure cookers or propane tanks. The women, Noelle Velentzas, 28,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Group That Inspired Charlie Hebdo, Fort Hood Attacks Stands to Benefit From Yemen Turmoil
Yemen has been engulfed in an intensifying civil war that has weakened U.S. counterterrorism efforts, created a vacuum of power in which al-Qaeda’s regional franchise… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to the Islamic State
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in an audio recording posted to Boko Haram’s Twitter account on… Read More
SecurityFeature
How Arab Spring Opened the Door to Terrorism’s Ugly March
It’s not your imagination. Global terrorism, dominated by Muslim extremist groups, is by far the worst it’s been in modern times. In the past six… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Benghazi Committee Seeks Missing Clinton Emails
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally addressed the festering issue of her use of a private email account for official State Department business in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In Puzzler, President Lets ISIS Know Iraq Battle Schedule
Team Obama’s decision last month to disclose to the press the operational outline for an all-out assault on the Islamic State (aka ISIS)-held Iraqi city of… Read More
SecurityNews
Emails Show State Department Aides Knew Early On Benghazi Attack Had Terror Ties
On Sept.11, 2012, State Department aides knew that the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya was under attack by armed assailants and soon after, that a… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Why the US Should Take Seriously This Terrorist Group’s Threats
The United States should pay attention to the threats from Somalia-based terror group al-Shabaab. On Jan. 31, al-Shabaab lost high level commander Yusef Dheeq and… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
US Is Focusing on Creating, Distributing Anti-ISIS Messages in Middle East
The U.S. government’s plans to strengthen and coordinate its counterterrorism communications is a ray of good news. Last week, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Benghazi Scandal: New Pentagon Documents Show Military Knew It Was Islamic Terrorism
Close to 500 pages of Pentagon Benghazi-related documents obtained last week by the non-profit group Judicial Watch prove the U.S. military was operating on the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What Marie Harf Got Right: We Need to Promote Economic Freedom in the Middle East
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf recently blamed “lack of opportunity for jobs” as a root cause of terrorism in the Middle East. Her assertion, made… Read More
‘We Love This Land’: Iraqi Christian Men Fight to Keep ISIS Away From Homes
Athra Kado had never shot a gun before, let alone seen a battlefield. Until recently Kado, 25, spent his young career in a classroom, teaching… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s Next for Libya, Now an ISIS Stronghold?
Egypt retaliated for the decapitation of 21 Egyptian Christian workers held hostage in Libya by supporters of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or… Read More
SecurityNews
Conservatives Question Obama’s Request for Military Force Against ISIS
Conservative lawmakers are raising questions and voicing concerns about President Obama’s request to use of military force against the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS… Read More
LawNews
Senator to Loretta Lynch: Why Did No One Go to Jail for Laundering Money to Terrorists?
Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee for attorney general, is facing questions about why she let multiple bank employees who funneled millions of dollars to the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Could a Handful of Terrorists Take Down an Entire City?
The recent arrest of six individuals living in the United States, accused of attempting to aid and support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria… Read More
SecurityNews
What You Need to Know About Obama’s War Authorization Against ISIS
President Obama is calling on Congress to pass a three-year authorization of war against ISIS, also known as the Islamic State or ISIL. The draft… Read More
SecurityNews
White House Clarifies Obama’s Comments on Paris Kosher Deli Attack
During a recently-released interview, President Obama told Vox that the culprits of an attack in Paris were “a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead… Read More
