North Carolina Pastor Starts Trial In Turkey. Here’s Why That Matters
A U.S. pastor held in Turkey on dubious terror charges began trial Monday, rejecting accusations of aiding an Islamist movement and spying against Turkey’s government. ......
North Carolina
Turkey’s president is holding Americans hostage. Why aren’t we doing anything about it?
On April 16, an American pastor unjustly detained in a Turkish prison for 18 months will&n...
Op-eds
Turkish Prosecutor Seeks Life Sentence for U.S. Pastor
A Turkish prosecutor today demanded a life sentence for U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson on charges of &...
Policy Briefs
Tillerson Goes to Turkey amid Sanctions Talk in Washington
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to visit Turkey o...
Policy Briefs
This Christmas, Remember Imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson
Pastor Andrew Brunson will be spending his second Christmas in a Turkish jail, unfairly held by the Erdogan government on...
Policy Briefs
Marxist-Leninist Party Sues German Banks Over BDS Account Closures
The Marxist-Leninist Party in Germany filed a lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank on Wednesday in the West German city of Essen, claiming the closure of the party's bank accou...
Op-eds
North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Anti-BDS Bill
Legislators from North Carolina's General Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would punish companies engaged with state business who participate in ...
Op-eds
FDD Welcomes House Approval of Bill Targeting Hezbollah’s Global Threat Network
WASHINGTON – In a strong sign of bipartisan support for intensified pressure on Hezbollah and its global terrorist network, the House of Representatives voted 404 to 0 to a...
Press Releases
FDD Welcomes Committee Approval of Bill Targeting Hezbollah’s Global Threat Network
WASHINGTON – In a strong sign of bipartisan support for intensified pressure on Hezbollah and its global terrorist network, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimousl...
Press Releases
FDD Welcomes Bipartisan Sanctions Bill Targeting Hezbollah’s International Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON – In a strong sign of bipartisan support for intensified pressure on Hezbollah’s international terrorist financing network,...
Press Releases
The Lies American Jihadists Tell Themselves
Just three days before Nicholas Teausant tried to leave the United States -- alle...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Pious Coke Dealers?
Hezbollah: ‘the Gambinos on steroids’
Op-eds
Early Warnings Ignored
September 11: A Decade Later
Op-eds
Syria Business
Last March, President Barack Obama explained that the US military had participated in a UN-authorised mission to protect Libyan civilians from the wrath of Libya's regime. He offered a power...
Op-eds
Self-Deception
When it comes to the jihadi threat, we’re now way beyond willful blindness.
Op-eds
El Baradei and the Al Qaqaa Affair
I’d all but forgotten this — but Powerline remembered: El Baradei achieved his greatest renown in connection with the pre-war weapons inspections in Iraq, which he hea...
Op-eds
Behind Iran’s Foiled Gambian Gambit
His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Chief Custodian of the Sacre...
Op-eds
Into Thin Airwaves
Back in January 2010, Secretary of State Clinton gave a pay-any-price, bear-any-burden address calling for the liberation of the global Internet. The price Washington was willing to pay? It promi...
Op-eds
US Official Explains National Counterterrorism Center’s View of The Enemy
In testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee yesterday, Michael Leiter provided an overview of how his National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) sees the terror...