The Real Moazzam Begg
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg was arrested earlier today as part of raid conducted by counterterrorism officials in the UK. Begg has spent most of his time living in the UK following his re...
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Obama Administration’s Benghazi Bombshell
The Washington Post ...
Op-eds
Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa
Watch the hearing here. Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch...
Legislative Testimonies
Questions They Won’t Answer
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes When South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham threatened last week to place a hold in the Senate on all Obama administration nominations until the p...
Op-eds
Former bin Laden Spokesman in US Custody
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former spokesman for Osama bin Laden, was arrested in Jordan and is currently being held in New York City. Abu Ghaith was initially detained in Turkey,...
Op-eds
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Reportedly Killed in Syria
A former Guantanamo detainee named Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane has reportedly been killed while fighting in Syria. T...
Op-eds
From al Qaeda in Italy to Ansar al Sharia Tunisia
Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Italy are now senior members of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia. The pair, Sami Ben Khemais Essid and Mehdi Kammoun, were arrested in 20...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Ally Orchestrated Assault on US Embassy in Tunisia
On Sept. 14, the US embassy in Tunis came under assault. The American staff evacuated the embassy unscathed, but the attackers hoisted an al Qaeda-style black flag high above the emptied compound...
Op-eds
SFC Speer’s Killer Leaves Gitmo
Omar Khadr has been sent from Guantanamo to Canada, after returning from the jihad in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Khadr is slated to stay in custody for the time being. It is difficult to think of...
Op-eds
34 ‘High Risk’ Guantanamo Detainees Approved for Transfer
The Obama administration has released a list of 55 Guantanamo detainees who were approved for transfer by the Guantanamo Bay Review Task Force. The task force, which was authorized by President O...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda in Libya—a Growing Threat
FOX News reported Wednesday night...
Op-eds
Egypt Requests Release of al Qaeda Explosives Expert
The Egyptian government has requested the release of a top al Qaeda explosives expert from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to...
Op-eds
Powering Guantánamo
Last month, I undertook field research into U.S. detention policy at the detention camp operated by Joint Task Force-Guantánamo (JTF-GTMO). While out there, I had the opportunity to interv...
Op-eds
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Surrenders to Saudis
A former Guantanamo detainee who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) after completing a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia has reportedly turned himself in. The Saudi Interior Min...
Op-eds
Bin Laden Loyalist Transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan
The Defense Department announced on Wednesday that Ibrahim al Qosi, a Guantanamo detainee who long served deceased al Qa...
Op-eds
Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Freed in Mauritania
Family members of top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Hafs al Mauritani have confirmed that he was freed this past weekend. Abu Hafs was transferred from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001, to Mauri...
Op-eds
Detained UK Suspect Trained by Shabaab
An alleged al Qaeda operative has been detained in London after "crossing through the Olympic Park five times," the Sunday Telegraph (UK)...
Op-eds
Abu Zubaydah and Iran
At the Washington Free Beacon, Bill Gertz has a piece about Jose Rodriguez, the former chief of the CIA’s Counte...
Op-eds
7 Shabaab Leaders Added to Rewards for Justice Most Wanted List
The US State department has added seven senior leaders of Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, to the...
Op-eds
Guantanamo Detainee Releases Audio Message to Syrian People
An audio message to the Syrian people purportedly from a current Guantanamo detainee has been released online by jihadist forums, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The message is reported...