Obama’s Afghanistan Misstep
Mark McKinnon, a former Bush advisor, doesn’t get it. “GOP Attacks on Obama’s bin Laden Ad Misguided,” declares his piece in the Daily Beast. Of… Read More
Morning Bell: Bin Laden Dead, but the Mission Remains
One year ago today, Seal Team Six landed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and succeeded in bringing Osama bin Laden to ultimate justice. Though some may wish to… Read More
Boko Haram Attacks Nigerian Newspaper Offices and University
The past week has been a bloody one for Nigeria. Attacks in the capital city of Abuja and across the north have strongly implicated the… Read More
Most Americans Agree: War on Terrorism Not Yet Won
Last week, experts fired back at the assertion by an unnamed senior State Department official that “The war on terror is over.” Yet, according to… Read More
Missiles on London Rooftops: Overreaction or Good Practice?
In what the Associated Press and the Washington Post Online are calling a “shocking” revelation, the British Ministry of Defense was considering emplacing a surface-to-air… Read More
Al-Qaeda Threat Fractured, Not Gone
A recent assessment by senior U.S. intelligence officials shows that while the current threat associated to al-Qaeda central—i.e., Ayman al-Zawahiri and his immediate acolytes—has significantly… Read More
A Year after Osama bin Laden’s Death: Al-Qaeda Alive and Kicking
Nearly a year ago, America did the world a favor and killed Osama bin Laden. Now the Obama Administration is taking credit for al-Qaeda’s defeat…. Read More
Terrorproofing America: Worse Than Impossible
The National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) recently registered an odd complaint in a letter to U.S. Senators this past Sunday. This… Read More
White House Hosts Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as Rocket Hits Israel
A delegation of officials from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood met with White House officials Wednesday, according to a White House spokesman who stated that “we have… Read More
Comprehensive Strategy Needed to Counter Boko Haram
When Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist insurgency, reemerged from its year-long hiatus in 2010, few in Washington took notice. The bombing of the United Nations… Read More
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Time to Take Down TSA
Want to cut government spending? Without compromising security? The Ryan budget is a good start, but we can do more. How about rethinking the Transportation… Read More
Washington Only Weapon More Deadly Than a Nuke
Nuclear weapons are not much of a worry: That’s the tenor of an AP story reporting on a U.S. government study that looked at the… Read More
Killing Spree in France Reminds World of Disparate Terror Threat
This October marks the 10-year anniversary of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of killings that gripped the Washington, D.C., metro area with fear. Until… Read More
Iran Has Its Eye on the Big Apple
Snap a few pics. Grab a falafel. Plan a terrorist attack. Eileen Sullivan reports for the Associated Press that the New York City Police Department… Read More
Meet Al-Nusra, Another Bin Laden Wannabe Group
The group that claimed responsibility for a double-suicide bombing that killed 27 people in Syria is widely regarded as a front organization for al-Qaeda in… Read More
Terrorist Killing Spree — It Could Happen Here
A wannabe al-Qaeda went on a killing spree in France. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief because it happened over there. It can happen here…. Read More
Bin Laden’s Final Days and al-Qaeda’s New Direction
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius offered an op-ed on March 19 about the final years of Osama bin Laden, and the piece portrays an isolated… Read More
Millennium Bomber to Remain in Prison Where He Belongs
On July 27, 2005, Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to detonate explosives at the Los Angeles International Airport on… Read More
Protecting America from Online Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
When 22-year-old Zachary Chesser was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison this past year, many casual observers wondered aloud how a middle-class kid from… Read More
The Terrorists Are Still Coming
According to The Washington Post, today “[t]he FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man…after a lengthy investigation into an alleged plot to carry… Read More
Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda Join Forces
Last Thursday, the Somali terrorist organization al-Shabab formalized its relationship with al-Qaeda. While the two organizations have long benefited from close cooperation, this move confirms… Read More
The Reality of Maritime Cargo Security: 100 Percent Scanning Not the Answer
It sounds like a scene from 24: A terrorist group gets a hold of a nuclear bomb, places it in a cargo container, watches it… Read More
Alliance at Work: Philippine Military Kills Southeast Asia Terrorist Leader
According to Associated Press reports today, the Philippine military has killed Southeast Asia’s most-wanted terrorist on Thursday. With U.S. support, two OV-10 aircraft bombed a… Read More
Latest Intelligence Assessment: Iran Poised to Target U.S. Homeland
Appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on January 31, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James R. Clapper warned that the “2011 plot to… Read More
Preventing Terrorism Requires Collaborative Relationship Between Federal and Local Resources
Earlier this month, Sami Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in the former Yugoslavia, was arrested near Tampa, Florida, after federal officials uncovered his plan… Read More
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Scribecast: Rep. Frank Wolf Discusses Political and Religious Rights
With economic issues dominating the domestic political agenda and much of our foreign policy focused on combating terrorism, systematic violations of political and religious rights… Read More
Morning Bell: Guantanamo Ten Years Later
His plan was to rip apart nightclubs with explosives, unleash a wave of destruction on bridges, and open fire on police officers–all in sunny Florida…. Read More
Libyan Islamists Gaining Strength
Although Libya has rid itself of the Muammar Qadhafi regime, it faces an uncertain future endangered by radical Islamist factions, warring militia commanders, tribal rivalries,… Read More
Obama’s New Defense Strategy: Less of the Same
The President traveled across the river to the Pentagon today to preview a new defense strategy to chase down falling defense budgets. Obama was quick… Read More
Iran’s Pernicious Influence in the Western Hemisphere
There has been a lot of discussion recently of Iranian involvement in Latin America, especially with the recent plot involving an assassination attempt against the… Read More
