SecurityCommentary
What the Rivalry Between al-Qaeda and ISIS Means for the US
The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), has become a bitter rival of al-Qaeda, its parent organization. Its… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Ouster of Yemeni President Major Setback for U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts
The ouster of Yemeni President Mansour Hadi on Thursday is a victory for al-Qaeda as well as Iran, and a major setback for U.S. counterterrorism… Read More
SecurityNews
Federal Agencies Stonewall House Committee’s Benghazi Investigation
Some federal agencies continue to stonewall when it comes to the ongoing investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attacks, according to insiders familiar with the process…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Still Digging for the Truth About Benghazi
As promised by Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the House Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi is proceeding deliberately and carefully, holding two closed-door-meetings last week with officials… Read More
SecurityNews
For First Time Since 2002, al-Qaeda Wasn’t Mentioned in State of the Union
Noticeably missing from President Obama’s state of the union speech was any mention of al-Qaeda, the first time that terrorist network went unmentioned since George… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Call It What It Is: Islamist Extremism and Terrorism
On Monday, Louisiana Gov. and likely 2016 presidential candidate Bobby Jindal will speak in London at the Henry Jackson Society about the treat of Islamist terrorism…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the CentCom Hack Matters
The reported cyberstrike by the Islamic State or some of its acolytes on social media accounts of the U.S. Central Command — responsible for American… Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: The Terrorist Group That Took Credit for Charlie Hebdo Attack Also Has Targeted U.S.
A leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly terrorist attack by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi on the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Charlie Hebdo Attack Shows West What Rising Threat Islamist Terrorists Pose
Last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris against the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and a Jewish grocery store that killed 17 people have underscored the rising threats… Read More
SecurityNews
Critics Accuse Obama Administration of Jeopardizing US Security in Wake of Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Transfer
Despite significant opposition from a group of Republican senators, the Department of Defense announced yesterday that five detainees would be transferred from the Guantanamo Bay… Read More
SecurityNews
FBI Arrests Ohio Man for Plotting Attack on U.S. Capitol
The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an “ISIS-inspired” attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to ABC News. The FBI said agents… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What ISIS Achieved by Hacking CentCom Twitter: A Propaganda Victory
On Monday, exactly when President Obama was giving a major cyber security speech at the Federal Trade Commission, the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the… Read More
SecurityNews
Charlie Hebdo Releases First New Cover After Terrorist Attack. It Features Mohammad.
Slide the cursor to the left to see the cover translated. Survivors of last week’s terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper in… Read More
George Clooney on Charlie Hebdo: ’We Will Not Walk in Fear’
George Clooney used a portion of his Golden Globes speech Sunday night to recognize last week’s massacre in Paris. The murder of 12 people at… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
6 White House Hopefuls Use Twitter, Facebook to Share on Paris Terror Attacks
Six of the 14 likeliest Republican presidential candidates chose to speak out on the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, a review… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Charlie Hebdo Attack Shows Us What We’re Up Against
The brazen attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris that killed a dozen was no way to start the New Year — a… Read More
SecurityNews
Raw Footage of French Police Raids: Smoke, Explosions and Chaos
Twelve people were murdered Wednesday in a terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper headquarters in France. Today, French police raided two locations to… Read More
SecurityNews
French Police Kill Terrorists Suspected in Charlie Hebdo Massacre
French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of murdering 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi had… Read More
SecurityNews
How Charlie Hebdo Is Planning to Strike Back at Terrorists
Charlie Hebdo is pressing on following the terrorist massacre that killed 12 people this week, vowing to continue its weekly publication with a mass printing of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What Do Americans Think About the Fight Against ISIS?
A new opinion poll released Thursday shows Americans in continued support of the goal to “downgrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State (ISIS), as President… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Recent Terrorist Attacks by Islamists You May Have Missed
On Wednesday, three terrorists in France attacked the offices of a satirical magazine, killing 12 and injuring scores more. Sadly, the terror attack in France… Read More
SecurityNews
Here Are the Translated Charlie Hebdo Covers
Twelve people were killed Tuesday morning at the Paris headquarters of the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo. Reports say the violence came as backlash to… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Take the War to the Enemy,’ Foreign Policy Expert Urges After Paris Terror Attack
The Heritage Foundation’s Nile Gardiner warned last night that the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks are likely to extend beyond Paris if the West does not… Read More
SecurityNews
Paris Terror Attack Suspects Are Still on the Run. Here Are Their Photos.
French authorities have released photos of two suspects who are still on the run after Wednesday’s terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why We Are Standing With the French
On Sept. 13, 2001, two days after 9/11, the Parisian daily Le Monde published an editorial titled “Nous sommes tous Américains,” or “We Are All… Read More
SecurityNews
The Charlie Hebdo Covers the Terrorists Didn’t Want You to See
Two police officers and 10 employees were killed by three gunmen this morning at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris. Witnesses say the gunmen shouted,… Read More
SecurityNews
‘An Attack on Free Speech’: 12 Dead in Terror Assault of French Satirical Newspaper
UPDATE: French police say two suspects in Wednesday’s terrorist attack remain on the run. In a statement on its website, French national police ask for information… Read More
SecurityFeature
26 Ways the Media Botched Their Reporting on the Latest Benghazi Report
It neither “exonerates” nor “debunks.” It specifically states that it is not the final word on Benghazi. Yet national press outlets claimed all of the… Read More
InternationalNews
Israeli Soldiers Witness Netanyahu’s Lighting of Hanukkah Candles
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in special company Sunday when he lit candles in celebration of the sixth day of the Jewish observation of Hanukkah… Read More
SecurityNews
‘We Had to Do Our Duty’: Raw Video of Sharyl Attkisson’s Interview With the Man Who Waterboarded the 9/11 Mastermind
The man who waterboarded 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is standing by the CIA’s controversial enhanced interrogation program, saying the intelligence agency and its agents… Read More
