InternationalAnalysis
A Global Response Is Needed to Defeat ISIS
“A feckless delusion that is never going to happen.” That’s how the current head of the CIA, John Brennan, described the possibility of the existence… Read More
SecurityNews
Senators Aim to ‘Thread Needle’ With Gun Control Measure
Hours after the Senate failed to advance another round of measures aimed to limit gun sales, a bipartisan group of senators today introduced what they… Read More
LawCommentary
Gitmo Transfer Hearings Pick Up Pace
In the past three months, the Obama administration has accelerated the pace of the so-called Periodic Review Board hearings for Guantanamo detainees. Periodic Review Boards… Read More
LawCommentary
Taking Away Constitutional Rights at the Discretion of the Government
If the news reports are correct, the latest “gun control” proposal being put forward by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is a “measure that would block… Read More
SecurityCommentary
7 Ways US Can Prevent Another Orlando Attack
In the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack, the Obama administration has been quick to blame gun control laws. This is because the administration refuses… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Radical Islam’ Does Matter in Identifying Enemy, Experts Say
Using the phrase “radical Islam” to describe the Islamic State or other jihadist groups will not win the war, but is nonetheless relevant in identifying… Read More
SecurityNews
Senate Democrats Mount Filibuster in Quest for Gun Control
Days after America’s deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11, lawmakers in Washington are clashing over Democrat demands for more gun control. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Orlando Massacre Shows We Must Stop Teaching Children to Hate America
Despite signs everywhere that the Orlando massacre has failed to bring the country together, there seems to be a growing consensus on at least one… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Our Enemy Is Political Islam, Not Each Other
Around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, a 29-year-old man named Omar Mateen walked into a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and killed 49 people, wounding 53 more. It… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama Administration Demanding More Gun Control as Counterterrorism Measure
President Barack Obama and administration officials made a strong push for gun control Tuesday in the wake of the terrorist attack in Orlando. Speaking about… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Terrorist Watch List, Explained
In the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack, the fact that Omar Mateen was twice investigated by the FBI has many wondering why he was… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
ISIS Strikes Again in Europe
The Islamic State has struck in Europe again. Yet, with media attention focused on the terrorist attack in Orlando, it has gone somewhat under the radar…. Read More
SecurityNews
FBI Terrorist Watch List Can Have Little Impact, Experts Say
Being on the FBI’s terrorist watch list doesn’t necessarily have a direct impact on an individual, experts say. This is why the Islamist-inspired gunman who… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Massacre in Orlando: 86th Instance of Islamist Terror in US Since 9/11
This attack is the 22nd plot or attack since the start of 2015, and the sixth this year. The massacre in Orlando is also the… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
4 Reasons Why We Need Another 9/11 Commission After Orlando
How many red flags does it take to see that Islamist-related terror is increasing? The U.S. alone has been the target of at least 85… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Where Does the Hate Come From?
I was driving from Sarasota, Florida, to Washington in the pre-dawn hours Sunday morning when my iPhone chirped a news alert. More than 50 people… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s Shameful Pivot to Gun Control After Orlando
It’s not surprising that, after the first responders, the first response to the horrific attack that killed 50 or more people at gay nightclub Pulse… Read More
SecurityNews
To Keep Guantanamo Open, Conservative Senators Push to Declassify Detainee Records
President Barack Obama is running out of time to fulfill his campaign promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and bring some detainees… Read More
SecurityNews
Federal Officials Delayed San Bernardino Terrorist Attack Probe
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general concludes that the field office director at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “improperly delayed”… Read More
SecurityNews
A Visit to Ground Zero of ISIS’ Genocide in Iraq
SINJAR, Iraq—This town in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here. As The Daily… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Gitmo Detainees Coming to US? Not So Fast
It’s almost summer, so that means that the United States Senate and House of Representatives will take up—again—more legislation related to the terrorist detention facility… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Killing of Taliban Leader in Pakistan Demonstrates Shift in US Strategy
U.S. officials say they are confident that a drone strike carried out in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Saturday killed top Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad… Read More
SecurityNews
One Muslim Police Officer’s Unique Role in Keeping His Community Safe
As a Muslim with a dream to be a police officer, Sharif Hidayat stood out in the Jesuit high school he attended in Maryland’s Montgomery… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
An Interactive Timeline of the 85 Islamist Terror Plots Since 9/11
South Florida Synagogue Plot On April 29, James Gonzalo Medina was arrested for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to attack a Florida… Read More
SecurityNews
What It’s Like to Be on ISIS’ Kill List
Waleed Basyouni is trying to take something good from the fact that the Islamic State terrorist group has specifically targeted him for death. In the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Do Human Rights Abuses Cause Terrorism?
Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski presided over the release of the… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Number of Islamist Terror Plots Rises to 84
On Nov. 4, 2015, Faisal Mohammad was shot and killed for stabbing four individuals on the University of California-Merced campus. An FBI investigation later discovered… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Yes, Terrorists Are Setting Their Sights on Our Southern Border
According to press reports, a man arrested as part of an Islamic State (ISIS) group in Minnesota claimed he wanted to setup a pipeline to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How America Can Win the War Against the Global Jihadi Movement
America has been at war since Sept. 11, 2001, but many Americans question whether we are winning. In his new book, “Defeating Jihad,” national security… Read More
SecurityNews
Rick Perry: We Are ‘Not in a War’ With Muslims
Rick Perry is frustrated with political rhetoric that he sees as discriminatory toward Muslims, and says he “owes it to America” to share a different… Read More
