Anders Behring Breivik

August 4, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

May 24, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Madison Urban, Matt Chauvin

White Supremacists Sacralize Mass Attackers to Encourage More Violence

Only through understanding and taking seriously the power of this online ecosystem to produce individuals like Payton Gendron can we begin to disrupt these repeating cycles of mass attack

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran

Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'

September 10, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland

Editor’s note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn’s testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Rogers, and other members of the committee, thank you for inviting...

March 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Antisemitism Official ‘Must Resign, Compared Jew to Nazi’

Commissioner against antisemitism in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, Michael Blume compared German Jew to Adolf Eichmann.

October 27, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

What Does the Recent Spate of Lone Wolf Terrorist Attacks Mean?

North American interest in lone-wolf terrorism is at an all-time high following several high-profile incidents. Two ...

August 19, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Caring for Pigs More Than for Humans

Reading Jonathan Tobin’s take on Scandinavian outrage with the Israeli ambassado...

August 24, 2012 |

Mocking Justice in Norway: The Breivik Trial Targets Contrarian Intellectuals

“Wow.” This is the only word Tonje Brenna heard Anders Behring Breivik utter as he methodically killed sixty-nine of her fellow Norwegian Labor Party acti...

August 1, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US State Dept. Reports Growing Global Anti-Semitism

The US State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism and said the “rising tide of anti-Semitism” was among the key tr...

July 27, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Terrorism, Economics, and the London Olympics

On July 25, I spoke on a panel at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on the topic of Combating Olympic Terrorism (video of which can be found...

August 4, 2011 | Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda, the Internet, and the Arab Spring

On Thursday, I was a panelist at a National Counterterrorism Center-sponsored conference on the global threat posed by al Qaeda; my panel focused on terrorist use of the Internet. This entry is a...

August 3, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please!

The Circle of Evil

The story of the day comes from Germany.  It’s about comrade Horst Mahler, one of the leader...

July 27, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please!

The Myths of Oslo

The more I look at the Oslo massacre, the more I am struck by how archaic it all is. The killer fancies himself a noble defender of a Western world that no longer exists, and has not existed, rea...

July 26, 2011 |

A ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorist?

American counterterrorism officials have long worried about the possibility of a “lone wolf” jihadist committing a terrorist attack. Such individuals, inspired by ideology alone, can...

July 26, 2011 | The Long War Journal |

Norwegian Police Dismiss Jihadist Role in Oslo Attacks

Norwegian authorities have reportedly arrested a 32-year-old man named Anders Behring Breivik in connection with Friday's terrorist attack. While his precise motives remain unclear, the poli...

July 25, 2011 |

Anders Breivik and The Turner Diaries: How a 2011 Norwegian Massacre Echoes a 1978 American Novel

Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old Norwegian man who slaughtered 76 people, is not only a terrorist and a murderer, but also a plagiarist: Sections from his 1,500-page manifesto were copied...