Breaking the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nexus
Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade...
The Times
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...
Op-eds
Al Nusrah Front, Foreign Jihadists Seize Key Syrian Base 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, and allied jihadist groups took control of the last ma...
Op-eds
Iranian Influence in the South Caucasus and the Surrounding Region
Introduction On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I would like to thank Chairman Burton and Ranking Member Meeks for the opportunity to submit written...
Legislative Testimonies
Al Nusrah Front Commanded Free Syrian Army Unit, ‘Chechen Emigrants,’ in Assault on Syrian Base
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, commanded a Free Syrian Army unit and "Chechen emigran...
Op-eds
Leaks and Lies
I once had a long discussion about leaks with Richard Helms, a thoughtful gentleman who steadfastly refused to reveal state secrets even when threatened with imprisonment. Helms was directo...
Op-eds
What’s Going On in Azerbaijan?
The Iran-al Qaeda alliance.
Op-eds
Obama Funds the Egyptian Government
In October 2010, on the eve of the Islamic revolution that the media fancies as “the Arab Spring,” the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood called for jih...
Op-eds
If You See Something, Shut Up
The crusade against The Third Jihad.
Op-eds
Taliban Openly Rejects Goals of Peace Talks
The Obama administration is continuing to pursue peace talks with the Taliban, even as the Taliban openly rejects the goals of those talks. "With respect to talking to...
Op-eds
Ron Paul’s World
Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee. The immediate cau...
Op-eds
Who’s to Blame for Terrorism in Norway?
Not bloggers. Maybe Reuters.
Op-eds
Questioning ‘High’ Risk Gitmo Detainee Transfers
On July 1, President Obama announced that he was nominating Matthew Olsen for the position of National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director. Olsen has served in a number of national security-r...
Op-eds
More FISA Fear-Mongering
The New York Times strikes again.
Op-eds
The Times Swings Its Hatchet at Bush…and Hits Mukasey
Even by low Gray Lady standards, a journalistic abomination.
Op-eds
The New York Times Gets Basic Facts about KSM Wrong
In its editorial denouncing the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 co-conspirators before a military tribunal, instead of a federal court, the New Yo...
Op-eds
Reconnecting the Dots
In an editorial published yesterday (“A Right Without a Remedy”), the New York Times complained that the D.C. Circuit Court “has dramatically restricted” the Supreme Court...
Op-eds
Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc.
James Clapper is the director of national intelligence, so he must know what he’s talking about. I mean, who are you going to believe? DNI Clapper or the Muslim Brother...
Op-eds
With Stuxnet Delaying Iran’s Bomb, Is the Urgency Gone?
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- In the wake of revelations that a computer virus may have set back Iran's nuclear weapons program, the Western groups and analysts that track the Islamic Republic are saying "Mo...
Op-eds
Danish Newspaper Plotter Arrested Twice Before
One of the suspects arrested in connection with the recently foiled terrorist plot against Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, has been arres...