SecurityCommentary
Obama ISIS Strategy Under Fire
The Obama administration continues to have difficulty in gaining support for its failing strategy to defeat the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL)…. Read More
SecurityNews
Congress Questions Obama Administration’s ‘Anemic’ Training Program to Defeat ISIS
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
What Fireworks Does ISIS Plan for the 4th of July?
What to make of reports that ISIS may try to pull off a terrorist attack on Independence Day? Let’s look at the facts. It is not the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Threat of Terrorism Remains Very Real During July 4 Weekend
As Americans gather this weekend to celebrate July Fourth, we remember our nation’s birth and the brave men and women who fought for our independence…. Read More
SecurityNews
Terrorist Attempts in US Reach Highest Level Since 9/11
The United States is experiencing its highest level of terrorist activity since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a Heritage Foundation report published last week advocating Congress… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The First Half of 2015 Was Most Intense Period of Terrorist Plotting Since 9/11
I hate to roust you from your well-deserved summer snooze, but I continue to get a sinking feeling about the threat of the Islamic State… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Tunisia Needs US Help As It Moves Into Crosshairs of ISIS
For the second time in three months, the North African country of Tunisia has suffered a terrible terrorist attack. According to media reports, multiple gunmen… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Can Families Pay Ransom to Terrorists or Not?
The Obama administration released its new hostage policy directive Wednesday—PPD-29. To its credit, the administration reaffirms several long-standing U.S. government policies, such as a government-wide… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Does Obama’s New Hostage Policy Allow Negotiations With Terrorists? Details Must Be Clarified
Today, President Obama issued a presidential policy directive (PPD-29) and executive order (EO) concerning U.S. hostage policy. These actions are the result of an administration… Read More
SecurityNews
More Hillary Clinton Benghazi Emails Revealed
There’s new evidence that the investigative record has long been incomplete on the administration’s actions surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on the U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s Lack of Strategy Shows Again He’s No Churchill
During a news conference last week at the G-7 meeting in Germany, President Barack Obama acknowledged that his administration does not have a “complete strategy” to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Despite Current Friction, Taliban and ISIS Could Eventually Merge Forces in Afghanistan
In a letter addressed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS, and released to journalists this week, the Taliban warned against… Read More
InternationalNews
How Can the US Save Syrians From Chemical Weapons Attacks?
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing this morning, experts agreed that by establishing a no-fly zone in Syria, the United States will be… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The White House Is Not Being Serious About Defeating ISIS
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, could be in for a rough ride when they go… Read More
InternationalNews
US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda’s Second-Ranking Leader
Al-Qaeda confirmed Tuesday a CIA drone strike killed its second in command, Nasir al-Wuhayshi. Al-Wuhayshi also commanded the terrorist group’s Yemen affiliate, al-Qaeda in the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Terrorists Love Twitter
There is nothing social about using social networks to help slaughter innocents and disseminate murder porn. But that kind of activity is merely symptomatic of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
There Have Been Six Terrorist Plots Since April Alone. How Concerned Should We Be?
Islamist terrorists are busier than ever trying to kill us. That’s a fact. Two years ago, The Heritage Foundation conducted an exhaustive review of publicly available U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama, It’s Time to Stop Shifting the Blame and Develop an ISIS Strategy
In Washington, a gaffe is defined as a statement in which a politician inadvertently tells the truth. President Obama has been roasted this week for… Read More
SecurityNews
Gallup Poll: Americans Conflicted on Government’s Ability to Combat Terror
Americans are conflicted about the government’s ability to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States, and even how they should do so, according to two… Read More
SecurityNews
How ISIS Is Waging a ‘War of Ideas’ Through Social Media
One year ago this week, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria seized Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul—its first major land grab in a battle… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Real Trouble With Obama’s Rhetoric
Since 2009, everyone has been waiting for a clear articulation of President Obama’s grand strategy. Indeed, careers have been made analyzing what this mysterious thinking… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Osama Bin Laden’s Revealing Book Collection
Facebook’s chairman and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on social media he is currently reading “The Muqaddimah”—a book written in 1377 by the Islamic historian Ibn… Read More
SecurityNews
Americans Fault Obama, Bush Equally for Iraq’s Problems
Six years ago, President Obama ran on a promise to end the war in Iraq. Gearing up for the 2012 election, his campaign ran an… Read More
SecurityNews
Senate Votes to Overhaul NSA ‘Spy’ Program
The Senate approved legislation Tuesday to scale back the federal government’s collection of personal data in the post-9/11 era. Under the USA Freedom Act, the… Read More
SecurityNews
Senate Can’t Strike a Deal on Patriot Act, Forcing NSA Program to Expire
Portions of the USA Patriot Act expired at midnight after the Senate failed to reach a deal. Supporters of the USA Freedom Act, legislation to… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
What You Should Know About the Recent Wave of Islamist Terrorist Attacks
On the evening of May 3, two men armed with rifles attacked the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, Texas. While both shooters were… Read More
SecurityNews
Debate Over NSA ‘Spying’ Program, Explained in Under 2 Minutes
Congress has less than a week to decide the fate of a government surveillance program that was created after 9/11 to prevent terrorist attacks. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Clinton Confidant Revealed as Source of Benghazi Misinformation
One of the mysteries surrounding the Benghazi scandal appears to have been solved with the release of the private emails of former Secretary of State… Read More
SecurityCommentary
To Defeat Islamic State, America Must Re-Engage in the War of Ideas
It’s easy to adopt a ho-hum attitude about the Middle East at times. To see it as the place where, as comedian Louis C.K. recently… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Big Win: Army’s Delta Force Killed Islamic State’s Top Money Man
As we roll into Memorial Day weekend, commemorating America’s fallen service members—but really all our troops—you can’t help but feel a sense of pride about… Read More
