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June 3, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Slow Release

A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.

January 28, 2015 |

King Salman’s Shady History

President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh today to offer his condolences on the death of the beloved Saudi King Abdullah and to meet his successor, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. But just who is Ki...

March 4, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

John Brennan and the Bin Laden Files

During a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 30, 2012, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, discussed “The Ethics and Efficacy of the U.S. Pres...

January 14, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Interrogate Brennan

President Obama’s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, has been one of the president’s closest advisers over the last four years. So it should come as no surprise that O...

July 25, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Cause for Celebration in Syria

The fall of Assad’s pro-Iranian regime is a net gain for the US, even if what replaces it isn’t a reliable ally

July 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Report: Al Qaeda Trained Mumbai Attackers

Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the alleged facilitator of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has proven to be a "treasure trove of information" for Indian investigators, according to new...

April 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Lion in Winter?

Last week, foreign press...

April 5, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Report: Osama bin Laden Helped Plan Mumbai Attacks

Osama bin Laden was in close contact with Hafiz Saeed, the wanted chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and helped plan the 2008 Mumbai attack, according to a report in the...

January 31, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Fear the Muslim Brotherhood

At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called “Don’t fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” the classic, conventional-wisdom response to the crisis in Egypt. The...

January 28, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Weekly Standard

The Muslim Brotherhood is No Friend

 Writing for the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and adviser to the Obama administration, argues that the U.S. can coexist with a Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt. The Obam...