Self-Radicalization Chic
The president has described the Boston terrorists as “self-radicalized,” and his voice is but one in a great chorus insisting that we face a major threat from Americans gone bad, almo...
Times Square
Pakistani Taliban Deny Responsibility for Boston Marathon Bombings
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan denied that it executed yesterday's bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and woun...
Op-eds
Pakistani Taliban Execute, Behead Soldiers in South Waziristan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released a videotape on the fighting in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan which includes graphic footage of the mutilation of several Pakistani soldiers...
Op-eds
US Adds IMU Financier, Taliban IED Experts to Terror List
The US Treasury Department added an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan financier and two Taliban leaders and bomb experts to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Qari Ayyub Ba...
Op-eds
Who’s Threatening World Peace?
How did it come to pass that Israel is now widely perceived as equally culpable, if not more so, for the potential eruption of another Middle Eastern war? To hear some of America's most infl...
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The Terrorists Fight On
Eleven years after the most devastating terrorist attack in history, some in America pretend that the threat of jihad or Islamist terrorism has waned to such an extent that it is no long...
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Al Qaeda Releases Biography of Slain Senior Leader
The 21st, and latest, online edition of al Qaeda's "Vanguards of Khorasan" magazine contains a biography of slain al Qaeda leader Atiyah Abd al Rahman. According to a translation provided by...
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NCTC Director: ‘We Remain at War with al Qaeda’
During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director Matthew Olsen testified that while al Qaeda's central leadership...
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The Messages of Toulouse
Lone-wolf terrorists are a growing threat. Moderate Muslims are among those in the crosshairs.
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Strategic Retreat
The war on terror is far from over. Why are we coming home?
Op-eds
US Cannot Rely on Pakistan for Counterterrorism Operations
Co-authored by Chris Radin In CJ Radin's recent Threat Matrix...
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Anwar Al-Awlaki’s American Journey
He was born in a land of freedom, tolerance and opportunity. He wanted none of it.
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American Muslims Are Victims
That’s the mainstream media’s faith-based narrative and they’re sticking to it.
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Reasonable Suspicion
In reality, however, the answer to Musharraf’s question was not so straightforward. Whether motivated by an American threat or the billions of dollars it received in U.S. aid, Pakista...
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A False Martyr
Late last year, Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr agreed to a plea deal that will require him to serve a maximum of eight years, with just one of those years in Cuba. Khadr is then set to be returne...
Op-eds
DNI Clapper Needs to Know
Little did Director of National Intelligence James Clapper know that when he and two of his Obama administration colleagues sat down to discuss the terror threat with ABC’s Diane Sawyer ear...
Op-eds
End the Immigration Lottery
Last week, the DREAM Act failed. DREAM if the cutesy acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. Had Congress, in its lame duck session, passed the bill, young people in the U...
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The Dangerous Myth of ‘Homegrown’ Terrorists
If U.S. officials and the media can be believed, America faces an epidemic of “homegrown” terrorism. Yet from U.S. Army shooter Nidal Hasan to would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shah...
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Reflections on Osama bin Laden, and his Continuing Relevance
Earlier today, I did a rather lengthy written interview with a journalist from an online Romanian newspaper. In light of the new tapes Osama bin Laden released last month, he put a number of ques...
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It’s Not the Economy, Stupid
With debt exploding, joblessness climbing, growth stagnating, and sharp tax increases looming, the economy has dominated the midterm campaign that finally ends on Tuesday. National-security conce...