The Gitmo Detainee the Times Just Denied Was in Benghazi . . . Was in Benghazi
U.S. officials ...
The Weekly Standard
Obama Administration’s Benghazi Bombshell
The Washington Post ...
Op-eds
Not a ‘Bogus’ Benghazi Connection
During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick was asked about the connections between Muhammad Jamal’s network and the B...
Op-eds
Faith-Based Negotiations
O believers, when you encounter the unbelievers marching to battle, turn not your backs to them. Whoso turns his back that day to them, unless withdrawing to fight again...
Op-eds
A Well-Deserved Terrorist Designation
The State Department announced today that Boko Haram, a prolific terrorist and insurgency group based in...
Op-eds
Questions They Won’t Answer
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes When South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham threatened last week to place a hold in the Senate on all Obama administration nominations until the p...
Op-eds
A Covert Story
There is probably no harder beat in Washington than intelligence. Journalists rarely have sources inside the Central Intelligence Agency who are not authorized, and when they do, o...
Op-eds
The New Rouhani
Assessing contemporary figures on the world stage is tricky business. It takes time to properly reflect on what a man has done, and judgments based on brief acquaintance are often wrong. So it wa...
Op-eds
Washington’s Syria Policy
Madame Chairwoman, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Committee. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify at toda...
Legislative Testimonies
Petraeus’s Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points
After nearly two days of editing, then CIA director David Petraeus was sent the revised Benghazi talking points on September 15, 2012. He was less than impressed, to put it mildly. &ldqu...
Op-eds
Manhunt Continues in Boston, as Analysts Turn to Social Media for Clues
The manhunt for one of the two chief suspects in this week's Boston Marathon bombings has continued throughout the day. And as the younger of two brothers is pursued by authorities, analysts...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
The Unchanging CIA
Technology and spies go well together.
Op-eds
Egypt Against Itself
A society on the edge of chaos.
Op-eds
Debacle in Benghazi
It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Lives
The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12
Op-eds
The Joint Iran and al-Qaida Operation Declares War
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s comparison between al-Qaida and Iran during his September 27 address to the UN has garnered greater urgency since the US Treasury department on Thursday...
Op-eds
Some Questionable State Department Actions
Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...
Op-eds
Germany Starts to Clamp Down on Salafists
BERLIN, Germany - Last week the German interior ministry stepped up its efforts against a growing Salafist network in the Federal Republic, stating that "[t]he organization acts in opposition to...
Op-eds
Leaker-in-Chief
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the White House’s handling of classified information. The spur seems to have been the June 1 New York Times article by Dav...