Marc Alexander Thiessen

June 30, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Getting smarter about Critical Race Theory

If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?

May 1, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Declassify Intelligence that Led to Bin Laden

Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and National Clandestine Service, has made quite a splash in the past couple of days. Building on arguments in his new b...

January 5, 2012 |

Meet the Jihadist War Criminal Obama Plans to Release from Gitmo

At AEI’s blog, Marc Thiessen provides the low-down on Mullah Mohammed Fazi, on...

November 7, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

A Terrorist Released

Binyam Mohamed is ...

May 23, 2011 |

Misled by Senator McCain?

After my column appeared yesterday, I did a follow up...

May 18, 2011 |

Did I Give McCain More Credit Than He Deserves?

As K-Lo has mentioned, my column today is about Senator McCain’s allegation that former Attorney General Mukasey gave a “false” account of the intelligence trail that led to the...

May 16, 2011 | Clifford D. May

Wet Work

 Osama bin Laden sleeps with the fishes. His deputy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad sleeps between clean sheets, eats three square meals a day and receives the same quality medical care as U.S. mili...

May 16, 2011 |

Killing and Grilling

 Every now and again, publicly or privately, people are nice enough to thank me for putting the “Blind Sheikh” behind bars. It is presumptuous to accept such accolades, since the...

April 11, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Weekly Standard

U.S. Won’t Interrogate Top Al Qaeda Terrorist

Late last month I asked, who will interrogate top al Qaeda terrorist Umar Patek? Patek, who was captured in Pakistan, is wanted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, among other attacks and plo...

March 31, 2011 |

Who Will Interrogate Top Terrorist?

An American intelligence official based in South Asia recently told me, “It has been a long time since we captured a senior al Qaeda leader.” His point was transparent: Without detain...

October 6, 2010 |

Judge Excludes Damning Testimony Against Al Qaeda Terrorist, Ahmed Ghailani

A judge's reason for excluding damning testimony against al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Ghailani makes no sense. The government’s case against Ahmed Ghailani, the terrorist who part...

May 10, 2010 | National Review Online |

The Washington Post Talks Sense on Detention and Interrogation

Will the Obama administration listen?