Mike Rogers

May 12, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

Trump Reportedly Considering Mike Rogers, Author of Scorned Benghazi Report, for FBI Director

Bloomberg is reporting that President Trump is considering former Rep. Mike Rogers to replace James Comey as FBI director. Rogers is a former FBI agent; by the end of his seven terms in Congress...

December 11, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Benghazi Report

Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building t...

August 4, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

US-Qatar Alliance: Under Strain?

Qatar, a tiny Persian Gulf petropower, is known to exert outsized influence in the Middle East. But between the war in Syria and the most recent conflict in Gaza, it may have pushed Washington to...

January 9, 2014 | Clifford D. May

The Sorrows of Young Snowden

If the attacks of 9/11 taught us anything, it’s that we must connect the dots. But before we can connect the dots, we must collect the dots. Those railing against...

January 2, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Not a ‘Bogus’ Benghazi Connection

During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick was asked about the connections between Muhammad Jamal’s network and the B...

December 16, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Is the Terrorist Threat Declining? The Use and Abuse of Statistics

Earlier this month, terrorism analyst Peter Bergen wrote at CNN that the declining number of...

November 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa

Watch the hearing here. Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch...

March 21, 2013 | |

FDD Applauds Bipartisan Syria Legislation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- During the week marking the two year anniversary of the crisis in Syria, Congress introduced two bil...

March 21, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

The Return of Missile Defense

Thirty years ago, President Reagan realized that MAD was not the best we could do. Do Obama and Hagel now agree?

January 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Debacle in Ben­ghazi

It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.

November 19, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Who Politicized Intelligence on Benghazi?

During...

June 22, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Threats From Cyber to Terror Supplant Cold War’s Dangers

The U.S. is searching for ways to deter, defend against and respond to ever-increasing cyber attacks and more diverse terrorist threats, even as it tries to cut spending and finance weapons conce...

June 11, 2012 | |

Leaker-in-Chief

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the White House’s handling of classified information. The spur seems to have been the June 1 New York Times article by Dav...

August 30, 2011 |

Defense Spending Isn’t the Place to Skimp

In a private meeting before the debt ceiling vote, several Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee urged House Speaker John Boehner to appoint a hawk to the super committee charged with...