Abrupt End of the U.S. Military Mission Boosts Security Risks in Iraq
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta presided over a muted ceremony in Baghdad yesterday marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. He proclaimed… Read More
Hezbollah’s Deepening and Disturbing Roots in the Drug Trade
In a lengthy piece on December 13, the New York Times reported on the role Western Hemisphere drug trafficking plays in financing the Shiite, pro-Iranian… Read More
Violent Extremism Continues to Plague Homeland Security
A recent analysis of data accumulated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland… Read More
PODCAST: Terrorism in Latin America Threatens U.S.
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, expert Ray Walser discusses the increasingly anti-U.S. policies in Latin America. PODCAST: Terrorism in Latin America Threatens U.S. In the… Read More
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Iran Orchestrates Attacks on British Embassy Compounds in Tehran
Iranian protesters illegally broke into two British Embassy compounds in Tehran today as police stood by idly, and the attack was broadcast live on Iranian… Read More
NYPD Reacts to Lone-Wolf Terror Threat, With or Without the FBI
A New York City Police car is seen outside a Manhattan apartment building November 21, 2011, where New York police arrested Jose Pimentel. REUTERS/Mike Segar… Read More
Morning Bell: Debate Night
Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, eight Republican presidential candidates will take the stage at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., to tell America where they stand… Read More
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Foiled New York Terror Plot Teaches Lessons
Late last night, al-Qaeda sympathizer Jose Pimentel was arraigned for his plans “to build a bomb and use a bomb to assassinate U.S. servicemen and… Read More
Hold Pakistan Accountable in Afghanistan
With the 2014 Afghan troop withdrawal quickly approaching, a recent House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia hearing stressed the need to press… Read More
Suicide Blast in Somalia Raising Concerns at Home
Following a devastating suicide blast earlier in the week in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, leaders from the regional terror group al Shabaab issued a… Read More
What We’ve Learned About Terror Trials From the Underwear Bomber
It was supposed to be the second full day in federal court for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The so-called “Christmas Day bomber” aka “The Underwear Bomber” faced… Read More
Iran’s Foiled Assassination Plot Raises Important Questions
Iran’s foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington underscores the thuggish nature of Iran’s predatory regime, its willingness to accept high risks to… Read More
Iran, Mexican Zetas, and the Southern Terror Express
A persistent threat scenario against the U.S. has been foreign terrorist organizations—acting independently or in cooperation with violent transnational criminal organizations, and perhaps backed by… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Failure to Confront the Iranian Threat
Yesterday, America learned that Iran conspired to launch a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., with a planned assassination of the Saudi ambassador and bomb attacks on the… Read More
United States Thwarts Iranian Terrorist Plot
U.S. authorities announced today that they disrupted an Iranian plan to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States,” making it the forty-second thwarted… Read More
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Awlaki Death: Another Blow to al-Qaeda
According to media reports, Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American Islamist radical who played an increasingly influential role in the al-Qaeda network, was killed in a CIA… Read More
Recent Terror Arrest Underscores Need to Think Outside the Box
The recent arrest of Rezwan Ferdaus marked yet another turn in the ever-shifting struggle to protect the American homeland from Islamist-inspired acts of terrorism. The… Read More
Military Commissions Just Became More Transparent
The Office of Military Commissions quietly launched a new website this past Monday that was a year in the making. Located at www.mc.mil, it is… Read More
Osama’s Dead, but Terrorism Isn’t
Osama bin Laden was disposed of last April, but al-Qaeda’s intention to commit acts of terrorism against the U.S. and its allies is undeterred. In… Read More
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Scribecast: John Yoo Talks Terrorism and the Future of National Security
Earlier this week at Heritage, a Bush-era deputy assistant attorney general shared the stage with a former president of the American Civil Liberties Union. It’s… Read More
U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy: Sticks and Carrots
The counterterrorism strategy published by the Obama Administration in June was not exactly a hard-hitting document, turning counterterrorism into a law enforcement issue and generally… Read More
Morning Bell: Confronting Terror The Best Way We Can
While opinions about America’s post–9/11 policies come and go, facts remain: The U.S. has thwarted 40 terrorist plots through an aggressive and prioritized plan of… Read More
A Nightmare That Could Be Worse than 9/11
After 9/11, an event that Americans and their allies will never forget, the United States focused on a war on terrorism. There is, however, a… Read More
Confronting Terror: A Special Book Event on Remembering 9/11
With the 10th anniversary of 9/11, some touching remembrances have been written, but also an increasing number of op-eds, editorials and blog posts, the theme… Read More
10 Years After 9/11, God Bless America
On the 10th anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks, we must remain vigilant and avoid losing the advances we have made in the long war… Read More
Morning Bell: Remembering 9/11 – Never Quit
Today, we join America in honoring the anniversary of September 11, 2001, when terrorists killed nearly 3,000 of our fellow citizens. In the days after… Read More
Being Relentless About 9/11
I did not experience the 9/11 attack personally, and very fortunately did not lose anyone I know in that vicious act of terrorism. But it… Read More
Remembering 9/11: Threats Remain, but America is Stronger
This is a guest post by Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) for our special blog series on 9/11. Ten years ago a group of evil, but… Read More
Obama Administration Gambles on U.S. Troop Strength in Iraq
The Obama Administration may unwisely decide to ignore the advice of its own military advisers and cut the number of U.S. troops in Iraq down… Read More
Attacks in India Underscore Shared Interests in Counterterrorism Cooperation
Terrorists struck again in India—this time in the nation’s capital at the High Court, where at least 11 were killed and more than 80 were… Read More
