Slow Release
A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.
Abbottabad
How America Was Misled on al Qaeda’s Demise
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes In the early-morning hours of May 2, 2011, a small team of American military and intelligence professionals landed inside the high white walls of...
Op-eds
New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden’s Secret Ties With Iran
This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect. The U.S. government accuse...
Op-eds
The Truth About ISIS… They’re Better at Twitter Than War
The Islamic State’s real social media skill makes commentators too willing to believe its shaky territorial claims
Op-eds
When America’s Enemies Are Also Its Friends
President Obama’s May 28 commencement address at...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda’s Nigeria Franchise
When Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the more than 200 Nigerian girls held by the extremist group Boko Haram, she probably did not expect that her tenure as secretary of state would soon...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Runs Shadow Army In Afghanistan; Taliban On Verge Of Surge
Documents seized from Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, during the May 2011 raid revealed that the terror...
Op-eds
A Failure of Policy
Forty-one recently declassified State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, have reignited the controversy over the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda’s Expansion in Egypt Implications for U.S. Homeland Security
Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss al Qaeda’s presence in Egypt. The uprisings throughou...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...
Congressional Testimonies
Know Your Enemy
In the summer of 2008, Barack Obama, senator and presidential candidate, toured the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama had endeared himself to the antiwar left by denouncing President Bush’s d...
Op-eds
Frenemies
Less than a generation after World War II, in the midst of a cold war whose outcome was far from certain, John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed that Americans would “support any friend, oppos...
Op-eds
Canada, Ban This Organization That Burns Christians and Bombs Churches Now
Co-authored by Danny Eisen After years of vacillating, the United States has finally designat...
Op-eds
A Well-Deserved Terrorist Designation
The State Department announced today that Boko Haram, a prolific terrorist and insurgency group based in...
Op-eds
Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...
Congressional Testimonies
See No Evil
During his speech at the National Defense University on May 23, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that they are “safer” because of the administration’s “efforts...
Op-eds
Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria
Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda’s operations inside Iran and Syria. These ar...
Congressional Testimonies
Exploiting Osama Bin Laden’s Files
Top U.S. intelligence officials revealed new details about the exploitation of Osama bin Laden’s extensive archive during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. The officials r...
Op-eds
Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 5 ISAF Personnel in Southeastern Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan today that killed three Coalition soldiers and two civilian personnel who worked for the Zabul Provincial Reconstructio...