Joint Terrorism Task Force

December 22, 2024 | Will Selber |

The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US

Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...

June 12, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Islamic State operatives arrested after illegally crossing the US border

On June 11, eight Tajik nationals with ties to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), the terrorist group’s branch in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, were arrested in New York,...

June 15, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Lebanon Is Protecting Hezbollah’s Cocaine Trade in Latin America

Days after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, Washington ramped up ...

February 11, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Extremis Project

The Challenges of Gun Control: Denying Firearms to Terrorists

Co-authored by Daniel Trombly Following several tragic mass shootings, the U.S. is embroiled in a debate about gun control. The central question for many involved in this d...

August 6, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Nidal Hasan’s “Fairly Benign” Correspondence with Anwar al Awlaki

When Nidal Hasan carried out his notorious massacre at Fort Hood in November 2009, it was quickly revealed that he had previously exchanged between ten and twenty emails with the extremist imam A...

July 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Missed Clues Before Fort Hood Shootings

In the wake of the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shootings, Steve Hayes and I wrote about the FBI’s and Defense Department’s...

September 30, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Awlaki’s Death a Delayed Counterterrorism Success

Anwar al Awlaki has reportedly been killed in an airstrike in Yemen, bringing an end to the life of one of al Qaeda’s most effective recruiters. Awlaki had an especially s...

July 13, 2010 |

British Surrender to Former Gitmo Detainees

Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his government has agreed to investigate torture allegations made by former Guantanamo detainees. The inquiry is expected to last on...

May 10, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

Don’t Mention the War

Why does the Obama administration find it so hard to utter the words ‘terrorism’ and ‘jihad’ and ‘Islamic extremism’?

December 17, 2009 | NEFA Foundation Report #23 in "Target America" Series

Attempt to Attack the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, Illinois

By: Madeleine Gruen   On September 23, 2009, Michael C. Finton (a.k.a. Talib Islam) attempted to detonate what he believed to be one (1) ton of explosives packed in...

November 24, 2009 | |

The Danger Signs of Terror

In the wake of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan's shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, experts are debating the process by which people are radicalized into accepting militan...

November 18, 2009 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross CTR Vantage

The Shooting of Luqman Abdullah

The shootout occurred during an FBI raid designed to disrupt a variety of illegal activities being carried out by Abdullah and at least ten of his associates—activities that were uncovered...

October 23, 2009 | The Long War Journal

The Government’s Allegations Against Tarek Mehanna

On Wednesday, Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury, Mass., was charged in federal court with conspiring to provide...

September 26, 2008 |

Firefighters’ Developing Role in Counterterrorism

March 6, 2008 |

Why AFRICOM is Critical for Our Security Interests


This week I thought it useful to update readers on developments with some of the stories that have been previously reported in this column.

September 18, 2005 |

Don’t Apologize, Governor Romney!

Monitoring radical mosques is exactly what we should be doing.