Louisiana
When Ransomware Hits, Governors Are Calling the National Guard
Minnesota called in its National Guard last month. Not because there was a flood, a fire, or even civil unrest. This time, Winona County needed support after a cyberattack. It was the second such attack...
Insights
X’s Location Feature Exposes a Real Problem, but Does Not Fix It
A new location transparency feature on X is revealing foreign influence on American discourse just as federal agencies designed to deal with such threats are being dismantled. Toward the end...
Op-eds
America needs to stop being naive in Gaza
News reports from Israel and Gaza indicate that Israel and the United States have started to take steps toward the “New Gaza” plan. The idea behind the plan is flawed from the get-go and should be...
Op-eds
Alleged Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine member, October 7 attack participant arrested in Louisiana
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it had arrested 33-year-old Mahmoud Amin Yaqub al Muhtadi in Louisiana. The DOJ alleged that Muhtadi was a member of the Democratic...
Op-eds
Texas Grabs Malign Foreign Influence by the Horns
As U.S. adversaries barrage American citizens with harmful propaganda, the Lone Star state is coming out swinging. On September 2, Texas stood up a first-of-its-kind “hostile foreign adversaries unit”...
Policy Briefs
Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Polysilicon and Its Derivatives
Public Comments
Former Michigan guardsmen detained for planning Islamic State-inspired attack on military base
On May 13, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, was detained for planning a mass casualty attack on the United States Army’s Tank-Automotive...
Op-eds
An Afghanistan war veteran and an active duty servicemember conduct separate domestic attacks on New Year’s Day
On January 1, 2025, two US citizens conducted separate attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured after a terrorist who had declared membership...
Op-eds
The next pandemic may be cyber — How Biden administration can stop it
Excerpt The next seismic event we face as a country may be a cyber pandemic. Funded by a foreign government, led by a terror organization, or carried out by a lone wolf with a laptop and a bit of skill,...
Op-eds
Early Warnings Ignored
September 11: A Decade Later
Op-eds
McCain Estrangement Syndrome
Are John McCain’s supporters trying to drive conservatives away from their candidate? Senator McCain is the inevitable Republican presidential nominee. He is headed, though, for a...
Op-eds
Jamil al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown
The criminal complaint against Luqman Abdullah and his associates states that when al-Ummah succeeds in establishing a "separate, sovereign Islamic state," they intend for it to be led by Jamil a...
Op-eds
Cause Célèbre Islam: Racism, Revolution, Black Nationalism
“We can’t just be saying, ‘O.K., everything is run by the U.S. government,’ we got to take out the U.S. government. The U.S. government is nothing but Kuffars.”...
Op-eds
Firefighters’ Developing Role in Counterterrorism
Op-eds
The Supreme Court’s Phony Consensus Against Capital Punishment for Child Rape
I wrote an article yesterday describing, among other things, that a major premise of the Supreme Court’s rationale (in Kennedy v. Louisiana) for invalidating Louisiana’s death penalty...
Op-eds
Speaker Pelosi’s Impending Intelligence Failure
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is in line to make history as the first female Speaker — and second in line of succession for the presidency — when the new Congress convenes in January....
Op-eds
It’s National Security, Stupid
There is no doubt that a wide variety of issues factor into the dynamics of this year's midterm elections. While the war in Iraq looms large, nationwide voters will decide dir...
Op-eds
Preparation or Prevention?
Americans are distressed that the government was ill-prepared to quickly assist disaster victims in New Orleans. But here's a fact that should trouble us more: The government could have aver...
Op-eds
Lebanon’s Strange Mix
By: Amb. Richard Carlson & Barbara Newman. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The sweeping victory in the third round of the Lebanese parliamentary elections by Gen. Michel...