Terror Cell Broken Up in Canada
The news out of Canada is that authorities have broken up a terrorist cell that had more than 50 electronic circuit boards that could be used in improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The details o...
Najibullah Zazi
The Homegrown Terror Threat
Homegrown terrorism has been much discussed on cable news channels and the op-ed pages of major newspapers in recent months. The attention is unsurprising. After all, 2009 saw more homegrown terr...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Sleeper Agent Tied to 2009 NYC Subway Plot
The terrorists who plotted to blow up New York City subways last year may have met with a top al Qaeda operative who has been wanted by the US since 2003, according to multiple press accounts....
Op-eds
US pressures Pakistan to target North Waziristan
The failed Times Square bombing that was hatched in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan has forced the US to ratchet up pressure on Pakistan to take out the terro...
Op-eds
FBI arrests Pakistani-American sought in failed Times Square car bombing
The FBI has detained a Pakistani-American suspect who was wanted for his involvement in the failed May 1 car bomb attack at Times Square in New York City. Authorities arrested Faisal Sha...
Op-eds
Did The “System” Fail, Again?
Faisal Shahzad, a 30 year-old naturalized American citizen from Pakistan, has been arrested as the chief suspect behind the failed car bomb attack on Times Square this past Saturday. The go...
Op-eds
Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan
Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h...
Op-eds
Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Interrogators
Co-Authored with Stephen F. Hayes Update: A press release from Pete Hoekstra's office indicates that the House bill has been pulled because of opposition to the pr...
Op-eds
Najibullah Zazi: Genome of the Homegrown Jihadist
Najibullah Zazi is not just an "isolated extremist" caught in September 2009 while crossing a New York bridge with plans to bomb few tunnels -- end of the story. Zazi's "jihad" story is way...
Op-eds
The Indictment of Abdow Munye Abdow and the Application of “False Statements” Charges
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. Madeleine Gruen On Oct. 13, 2009, a Minnesota grand jury indicted 26-year-old Abdow Munye Abdow on two counts of ma...
Op-eds
The Najibullah Zazi Detention Memo and His Use of Explosives
On Sept. 24, the government submitted a memorandum of law supporting its motion for a permanent order of d...