National Counterterrorism Center

April 10, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Biden wavers

He’s sending a message to both America’s enemies and allies

December 3, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump’s Wish to End the ‘Endless Wars’ Denies Reality

ISIS isn't dead, al-Qaeda is not a ‘shadow of its former self,’ and the Taliban is not our counterterrorism partner.

October 28, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Emerging Sino-Russian Alliance

How the 'great powers' are reconfiguring their partnerships for a new era. Plus, why it matters that al-Qaeda’s media chief was killed in Taliban country.

September 16, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

No, There is No ‘End in Sight’ to the Battle Against Al-Qaeda

The terror group has grown its base since 9/11.

August 15, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Imagining the Islamic Republic

Last week, the European Union issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear weapons deal concluded with Iran’s rulers, from which President Trump withdrew three...

June 22, 2016 | Yaya J. Fanusie

What it’s like to be a Muslim in the CIA

It was the day after the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. I was working as a CIA analyst. I sat in a room with the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, along with several other a...

May 7, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Jihad 2.0: Social Media in the Next Evolution of Terrorist Recruitment

Download full testimony here  Cha...

January 12, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht The Washington Examiner

CIA Bides its Time

The CIA’s Directorate of Operations doesn’t have an acute memory. But it does have durable institutional sentiments. So here’s a guess: In a few years, few operatives in the cla...

January 8, 2015 | FDD Press Release

FDD Welcomes Yaya Fanusie As Director of Analysis For Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance

WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed Yaya J. Fanusie this week as director of analysis for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF). Fanusie will direct the p...

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...

September 19, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

They Have a Strategy

During a press conference on August 28, Barack Obama had a rare moment of candor. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” the president said in response to a question about the prospect...

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

September 10, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Don’t Forget About Al Qaeda

President Obama is set to discuss his plan for confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a primetime speech this evening. According to ...

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal Fox News |

Most of Europe Reluctant to Crack Down on Hezbollah Despite Growing Threat

A House hearing on Hezbollah as a global terrorist threat coupled with Thursday’s prison sentence of a Hezbollah member — the first in a European court — brings into sharp focus...

March 25, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht The Washington Post

The CIA’s Interrogation Program Deserves a Public Airing

The Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence have bequeathed to the lucky few with clearances a...

February 4, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report Shows Hezbollah, Iran Join Forces

The head of the Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Dr. Matthew Levitt, on Wednesday issued a report detailing the intensified and reorganized collabo...

November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Al Nusrah Front Claims Suicide Attack at Hospital, Joint Operation with Chechen Fighters

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for yet another suicide attack as w...

October 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Al Nusrah Front Launches Complex Suicide Assault on Syrian Air Force Intelligence HQ

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for today's complex suicide as...

October 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Al Nusrah Front Claims 2 Suicide, 2 Car Bombings in Aleppo

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for four bombings in Aleppo today,...