Nidal Hasan

May 20, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooter Shows That Al-Qaeda Is Still a Significant Threat

We now know that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani was working for AQAP.

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...

June 17, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Jihadists Under Investigation

The system was blinking red for months prior to the June 12 terrorist attack in Orlando. Since early 2015, the FBI has repeatedly warned the American public that the threat of violent attacks is...

June 13, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Orlando Shooter’s Desire for ‘Martyrdom’

After each jihadist attack in the West, our society rehearses the same ritualistic debate over what the terrorists' motivations really are. It is true that "radicalization," as it is often d...

December 9, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Divided We Fall?

“Divide and conquer” describes an age-old military concept: If your enemies are fighting among themselves, they can’t effectively battle you. Phillip II of Macedon, Julius Caesa...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

February 27, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Violent Extremist vs. Holy Warrior

Is Barack Hussein Obama wrong to avoid appending “Islamic,” “Muslim,” “Islamist,” or even “jihadist” to the terrorism that has struck the West with...

March 10, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

The Limitations of al Qaeda’s New English Webzine

Al Qaeda announced this weekend the forthcoming publication of a new Englis...

August 9, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

Ideology Matters: Time to Call the Fort Hood Attack Terrorism

Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford told prosecutors this week that Major Nidal Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar”...

February 11, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Extremis Project

The Challenges of Gun Control: Denying Firearms to Terrorists

Co-authored by Daniel Trombly Following several tragic mass shootings, the U.S. is embroiled in a debate about gun control. The central question for many involved in this d...

October 24, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Should the Fort Hood Attack be Classified as an Act of Terrorism?

The question of whether the Fort Hood attack carried out by Nidal Hasan should be classified as an act of terrorism is in the news. As ABC News...

August 6, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Nidal Hasan’s “Fairly Benign” Correspondence with Anwar al Awlaki

When Nidal Hasan carried out his notorious massacre at Fort Hood in November 2009, it was quickly revealed that he had previously exchanged between ten and twenty emails with the extremist imam A...

June 1, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Jihad in Seattle

By LWJ Staff Last week, Michael D. McCright, a.k.a. Mikhial Jihad, a previously convicted felon from the north Seattle suburb of Lynnwood, pled guilty to lesser charges in a cas...

May 2, 2012 | Clifford D. May

The Foggiest War

We don’t know our enemy. What’s worse: We don’t want to.

April 4, 2012 | Clifford D. May

The Messages of Toulouse

Lone-wolf terrorists are a growing threat. Moderate Muslims are among those in the crosshairs.

February 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post

Spotlight on Modern Loathing

Dr. Robert S. Wistrich is, arguably, the world’s leading academic authority on anti-Semitism. He heads the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew Uni...

December 15, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

What’s Islam Got to Do with It?

To prohibit the question is to invite disaster.

October 6, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Anwar Al-Awlaki’s American Journey

He was born in a land of freedom, tolerance and opportunity. He wanted none of it.

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 30, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Awlaki’s Death a Delayed Counterterrorism Success

Anwar al Awlaki has reportedly been killed in an airstrike in Yemen, bringing an end to the life of one of al Qaeda’s most effective recruiters. Awlaki had an especially s...