Q&A on Benghazi Criminal Charges
Heritage’s Charlotte Florance sat down with us to answer questions about the criminal charges filed in the terrorist attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Q…. Read More
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Embassy Closings Reflect Benghazi Failure
The closing of 21 U.S. embassies throughout the Middle East grows out of the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attack in at least two ways: The… Read More
GUEST POST: Unconventional Warfare: The Forgotten Threats
On April 15, our nation was the victim of a terrorist attack at one of our most celebrated sporting events, the Boston Marathon. Citizens from… Read More
Hezbollah: European Union Keeps Its Head in the Sand
On June 19, a meeting of European Union countries failed to agree on a United Kingdom–sponsored proposal to list the military wing of Hezbollah as… Read More
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Benghazi: Military Commanders Face Questioning
On Wednesday at 9 a.m., Members of Congress will once more try to pry answers from U.S. military leaders regarding the disastrous absence of military… Read More
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Phone Records and the NSA: Legal and Keeping America Safe
A couple weeks ago, Edward Snowden exposed a NSA counterterrorism program that collects the phone records of millions of U.S. citizens. As Mr. Snowden continues… Read More
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Still a Security Risk
A new report by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, indicates that security at even the… Read More
Benghazi Investigation Still Very Much Ongoing
Benghazi is back in the headlines with a vengeance as investigations continue on several congressional fronts: Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA) subpoenaed the State Department to… Read More
Will President Obama Call the London Attack Terrorism?
President Obama refused to call the London terror attack terrorism yesterday in his major speech on countering terrorism. In fact, he did not even utter… Read More
Obama Administration Refuses to Label London Attack as Terrorism
Yesterday’s appalling attack on a London street in the middle of the day, which left a British solider dead, was a barbaric act of terrorism… Read More
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London Terror Attack A Reminder Terrorism Is Not Over
Yesterday’s horrific daylight terror attack in London, which left one British soldier dead, is another reminder that Islamic fundamentalists will stop at nothing to terrorize… Read More
Brutal Murder in London Highlights Dangers Faced by Military Personnel
In a brutal murder committed on the streets near the Royal Artillery Barracks in South London, a British soldier became the latest victim of an… Read More
With Growing National Security Threats, A New Counterterrorism Direction Is Needed
Later this week, President Obama will travel to the National Defense University (NDU) for a major policy address. Under massive pressure to address his Administration’s… Read More
Benghazi Exposes Failures of Obama Doctrine
President Obama’s aggressive response to legitimate questions about Benghazi at his news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron—calling these important investigations a “sideshow” and… Read More
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Benghazi: Searching for Truth, Exposing Failure, and Saluting Heroism
Today’s Benghazi hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee gave Americans the first public eyewitness account from anyone actually on the ground in Libya… Read More
Morning Bell: Ghosts of Benghazi
The White House might have wanted to mute its response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi for fear of inflaming Anti-American sentiment. Perhaps the President… Read More
See Something, Say Nothing: Benghazi Accountability Report Under Scrutiny
The State Department inspector general made news Thursday with the revelation that the office is looking into the report produced by the Benghazi Accountability Review… Read More
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Outrage Grows Over U.N. Official’s Boston Comments
The chorus of those calling for the resignation of Richard Falk from his position with the U.N. Human Rights Council is growing ever louder. Falk… Read More
Heard the One About the Benghazi Whistleblowers? Obama Hasn’t
President Obama raised eyebrows today with his press conference statement that he was unaware of news stories about Benghazi whistleblowers being blocked and even threatened… Read More
North Caucasus: Islamist Threat Comes from a History of Violence
The Boston Marathon bombers have brought greater attention to Russia’s volatile North Caucasus, their ancestral home. As painful their heinous acts are, however, the bombers’… Read More
New House Report on the White Washing of Benghazi
A just-released Interim Progress Report based on an investigation across five House committees on the Benghazi terrorist attack paints a disturbing picture of diplomatic security… Read More
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Canada Arrests Terrorist Plotters Linked to al-Qaeda Elements in Iran
Canadian police announced on Monday that they had arrested two foreign men plotting to derail a passenger train and who had received some unspecified form… Read More
Social Media and the Boston Attack: The Good, the Bad, and the Confused
Reddit, the website that styles itself the Internet’s front page, apologized yesterday to the people hurt by its overhasty attempts to capture the Boston… Read More
Morning Bell: Don’t Fall Into the Boston Immigration Trap
As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to… Read More
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Benghazi: No, Let’s Not Move On
Secretary of State John Kerry said it not once but twice during his House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday: Let’s move on from investigating… Read More
Boston Marathon Bombing: Counterterrorism Investigation Process in Full Swing
In the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the key to the investigation is strong cooperation and teamwork by the law enforcement entities involved…. Read More
World Recoils from Boston Marathon Bombing
The world has reacted to the Boston marathon bombings with horror and compassion, much as it did to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001…. Read More
Europe Must Face Up to Hezbollah’s Bloody Legacy
This week, the parliament of Bahrain voted unanimously to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization. “It is time we join the world in outlawing this group,… Read More
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Fort Hood Victims: Adding Insult to Injury
The Pentagon announced this week that those service members who had been wounded during the deadly attack at Fort Hood, Texas, perpetrated by Major Nidal… Read More
Hezbollah Terrorist Conviction in Cyprus: When will the EU Act?
A Cypriot court on Thursday sentenced a member of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, to four years in jail for planning to attack… Read More
