National Reconnaissance Office

January 29, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

In SOTU, National Security Gets Short Shrift

And what we find deserves some examination. For example: And it is American diplomacy, backed by pressure, that has halted the progress of Iran’s nuclear...

November 15, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal National Review Online |

Israel’s Pillar of Self-Defense

Early this Wednesday morning, Israel responded to Hamas’s ongoing attacks, in which the terrorist group has launched over 100 rockets into southern Israeli cities since Saturday. A surgical...

June 16, 2012 | |

Stay Out of Syria

A response to Clifford D. May.

June 4, 2012 | |

Romney’s Syria Problem

His support for “opposition groups” is misplaced.

January 3, 2012 |

Obama Recruits Qaradawi

The administration is working with a Muslim Brotherhood jurist.

October 31, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Islam or Islamist?

Islam or Islamist? That is the question. Is the term “Islamist” a politically correct fabrication to dodge the inconvenient truth that Islam itself is inhere...

October 3, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

War-Power Paranoia

Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...

September 13, 2011 |

Of Mafiosi and Mullahs

Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.

August 25, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Michael Ledeen, Clifford D. May

Long, Hot Arab Summer

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Commentary on the Arab Spring is much like the famous parable of the blind men learning about an elephant by touching it: Most observers glimpse...

June 30, 2011 |

The Obama Administration Opens Formal Contacts With the Muslim Brotherhood

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Besides explaining what the Muslim Brotherhood is and has always been, the major point of The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the West Sabotage America was to...

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

When the Clock Strikes Midnight, We Will Be Significantly Less Safe

The Democrats' FISA talking points are nonsense.

June 13, 2011 |

FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill

The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

The 9/11 Six: An Opportunity for Senator McCain

Whether capital military commissions really happen will be decided in November.

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

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...

June 13, 2011 |

The End of the Waterboarding Controversy?

Mukasey's letter to the Judiciary Committee should be the last word.

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

Don’t Give In on FISA Reform, Mr. President

No more delays.

June 13, 2011 |

Surprise! The Times Attacks the Messenger

Linda Greenhouse is conflicted, so obviously the problem is Ed Whelan.

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

Let’s Have a FISA Fight

Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...

June 10, 2011 |

The Case for Telecom Immunity

Security means holding firm on the sticking point in the surveillance drama.

June 10, 2011 |

15 Years @ War

The WTC bombing was radical Islam's declaration of war against the United States.