The CIA Interrogation Tapes
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War on terror
Be Wise on Kosovo
Over the past few months a number of Western leaders, including senior United States figures, have lent their support to separating the province of Kosovo from the Republic of Serbia, based on th...
Op-eds
Press That Shield Back
Reporters already have protection, and they owe the public their testimony … just like the rest of us.
Op-eds
Holy War and Anti War: An Axis against Nature
The oddest of all factional relationships is the open alliance between the Jihadists and the so-called "antiwar" neo-Left movement in the West. The jumble of causes thrown together is mind-bendin...
Op-eds
Securing Africa
On February 6, 2007, President George W. Bush launched a major evolution in American military posture when he formally announced that he had directed the Pentagon to establish a new unified...
Op-eds
Mr. Bush Goes to Africa
Next week, President Bush, accompanied by his wife, Laura, will embark on a five-country tour across the African continent, with stops planned in Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia. Whil...
Op-eds
Bin Laden, No More
Bin Laden’s death at the hands of a small team of American ninjas deep in Pakistan sends the world — especially our enemies — a powerful and much-needed reminder of some essenti...
Op-eds
‘Here’s to al-Qaeda’
Nearly 20 years ago, I asked the late William Kunstler about his philosophy of lawyering. A flamboyant leftist who proudly represented jihadists just as he proudly represented many other anti-Ame...
Op-eds
David Petraeus the Right Pick for Spymaster?
Leon Panetta is a serious, experienced and capable administrator - a good choice to be the next manager of the Pentagon. Gen. David Petraeus is an extraordinary American soldier. If anyone can re...
Op-eds
The China Conundrum
How significant that the architect of the original U.S. overture to China now feels compelled to write a primer on averting war with his own creation. Henry Kissinger's essay, "Avoiding a U....
Op-eds
Not Unlawful, Not an Enemy Combatant
Is there a limit to the damage this government is willing to do to American credibility and security in its sudden haste to rid the world of Moammar Qaddafi — known until recently as a valu...
Op-eds
Libya’s Makeover
‘The relationship has been moving in a good direction for a number of years now, and I think tonight does mark a new phase,” said Condoleezza Rice. President Bush’s secretary of...
Op-eds
Somalia’s New Prime Minister: Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered
Just when it seems things can get no worse for Somalia's dubiously legitimate, utterly ineffective, and wholly self-serving "Transitional Federal Government" (TFG), the embattled clique pull...
Op-eds
Bon Jovi Islam
We’ve tried “radical Islam,” “extremist Islam,” “fundamentalist Islam,” and “sharia Islam.” Inevitably, political correctness gave us “...
Op-eds
Don’t Mention the War
Why does the Obama administration find it so hard to utter the words ‘terrorism’ and ‘jihad’ and ‘Islamic extremism’?
Op-eds
Waiting for Reform: Arab Citizens and Obama
After one year in office, the Barack Obama administration has started to delineate more clearly its policies towards the Arab world. The George W. Bush administration of 2001-2009 had, at least i...
Op-eds
No Peace While World War Rages
Israel’s American supporters spend a lot of energy trying to convince people that Israelis want peace, are working for peace and are prepared to sacrifice for peace. All that’s true b...
Op-eds
Why The al-Qaeda Seven Matter
My flight had been delayed, so I arrived late to a 2004 academic conference, a law school gab-fest exploring legal issues in the War on Terror. The professor giving the keynote address was well i...
Op-eds
Gitmo Does Not Cause Terrorism
So we're going to shut down the detention center at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay and move the 200-plus terrorists detained there to a seldom-used civilian correctional center in Tho...
Op-eds
Disconnecting the Dots
Don't fault President Obama for reconsidering his strategy in Afghanistan. Fault him for reconsiderin...