President Obama’s last to-do list
Barack Obama is now in his final days as president but, as he made clear on his visit to Asia last week, there are goals he still hopes to achieve before leaving office. Closing the dete...
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Analysis: Iran has supported the Taliban’s insurgency since late 2001
On May 21, an American drone strike ended Mullah Akh...
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Special Report with Bret Baier
FDD senior fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses the future of Guantanamo Bay, inmate recidivism, and why the Obama Administration is taking on the added risk of releasing prisoners. ...
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Obama admin set to transfer up to 24 more detainees from Gitmo
The Obama administration is preparing to transfer up to 24 additional detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp this summer, Fox News has learned. The move comes as President Obama...
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Guantanamo Bay: The Remaining Detainees
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Legislative Testimonies
Two More ‘High’ Risk Detainees Transferred from Gitmo
Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Republic of Senegal today “for offering humanitar...
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Treasury Department: Charity run by Scottish-born jihadist an al Qaeda ‘front organization’
At first blush, Al Rahmah Welfare Organization (RWO) is a charity that serves orphans, widows and the downtrodden in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere. The group’s web page and soc...
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Neither Remaining Nor Expanding: The Islamic State’s Global Expansion Struggles
Co-written with Nathaniel Barr Judging from the Islamic State’s propaganda, it would appear the group is rapidly overtaking the Muslim world. The Islamic State has declare...
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Special Report with Bret Baier
FDD senior fellow Thomas Joscelyn comments on risks posed by Gitmo detainees. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com...
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The Terrorists Freed by Obama
The Obama administration in recent days has proclaimed a “milestone” in its efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after achieving its long-held goal of redu...
Op-eds
The Iranians “Arrest” Our Sailors, “13 Hours” Gives You Dots To Connect
Last night, we went to see a preview of the new documentary movie about Benghazi, “13 hours.” The audience was one of those Washington groups that contained real expertise, including...
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Is Guantanamo a ‘Key Componenet’ of Terrorist Propoganda?
Supporters of closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, including President Barack Obama, often refer to the military prison’s existence as a major recruitment tool for terrorist groups....
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Can the Pentagon Still Save the U.S. from Obama’s ISIS Failure?
It's about time. More than three weeks after the massacres in Paris, four days after the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11, and only after he’d completed a foreign jau...
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More Than 100 Ex-Gitmo Recidivists At Large
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released its latest statistics on the number of former Guantanamo detainees who are either confirmed or suspected of returning to th...
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Analysis: Qatar Still Negligent on Terror Finance
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on August 5 against two Qatari nationals accused of prov...
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A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Legislative Testimonies
CNN: 1 of the Taliban 5 Back in the Game
CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that the U.S. military and inte...
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Former U.S. Marine Killed by Islamic State’s Tripoli ‘Province’
Two gunmen entered the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli Tuesday morning. When their shooting rampage was over, ...
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Analysis: Former al Qaeda Operative Freed, Sent Home to Qatar
Editor's Note: For more on Qatar's track record in fighting terrorism, see Dr. Weinberg's report for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies&#...
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Ex-Gitmo Detainee Leads Contingent of Islamic State Fighters in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee, Mullah Raouf Khadim, is reportedly leading a contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. Khad...