One year ago today, we were met with yet another solemn reminder: the ideologies that promote, recruit, and train militant Islamist jihadists are alive, well, and growing. When Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnev detonated the two bombs at last year’s Boston
National security should serve policy objectives. It should not be a victim of political correctness. Politics should be kept especially far away from the practice of intelligence. Today’s decision by the NYPD to close the unit that was mapping Muslim
On the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen has published a story claiming right-wing extremists have killed more Americans than have jihadists since 9/11. Bergen writes “According to a count by the New America
Without mentioning reports that the man accused of shooting up a Jewish Community Center over the weekend was apparently a fan of the left’s Max Blumenthal, CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen exploited the murders to claim the American Right
A 14-year-old girl “pretending to be a member of Al Qaeda” was arrested after sending a tweet in which she threatened American Airlines. According to CNBC, the teen sent the tweet under the username “Sarah@Demetriax_.” It said, “[H]ello my name is
Al Qaeda’s Inspire magazine has run a picture of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) tram with an single occupant and the caption: “Assemble your bomb.” The photo and caption together “have set off alarms on Capitol Hill as the one-year anniversary
Dissident Irish republican terrorists are adopting tactics inspired by Al Qaeda, using information from the Islamist group to build bombs and rockets. The link came to light after republican terrorists fired a mortar bomb at police in Belfast last month.
Residents of the Syrian town of Taibet al-Emam in western Syria revolted against the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra militant group occupying their community on April 5th, killing and wounding more than 50 rebels, according to SANA radio. It seems that
Today I cried. This is not something I often do. Along with members of my family, and several hundred others, we attended the full military funeral of a true American hero. This afternoon, having been borne on a gun carriage
A major newspaper in Spain has published an exclusive claiming that sources within the search effort to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are considering the possibility that the plane was shot down by military forces in order to prevent
A federal jury in New York found senior al-Qaida member Sulaiman Abu Ghayth guilty on terrorism-related charges Wednesday, including conspiracy to kill Americans. In video statements and speeches released after the Sept. 11 attacks, Abu Ghayth promised similar attacks against U.S. and
A private group of national security officials is preparing to release its own report on the Benghazi scandal, with a top official behind the report saying they have interviewed numerous eyewitnesses from before, during, and after the Sept. 11, 2012
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning,” Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence of the NYPD John Miller laid out a report on a domestic al Qaeda terrorist threat to specific U.S. targets that had been detailed in the online version of
NBC News: National Guard private from California was arrested trying to cross the U.S. border into Canada on Sunday and charged with attempting to travel to Syria to join al Qaeda and fight for “Allah’s Army.” The criminal complaint against
On Sunday, the Director of Westminster Institute, a research organization which focuses on threats from extremism and radical ideologies, stated on Breitbart News Sunday that the US has a “misguided” government policy, which advocates that, by negotiating with so-called non-violent
China’s frustration with the Malaysian government over failed attempts to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are well known, but more than a week into the search, they are no longer alone. U.S. officials tell the New York Times that they
A group of Islamist agitators clashed on Saturday with members of a British National Party (BNP) splinter group ‘Britain First’ in East London, with police intervening to calm the tensions. Following investigations by the Metropolitan Police over the activism of
With the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 expanding far into both the Indian Ocean and southwest towards Australia, a court testimony by an al-Qaeda supergrass that he helped Malaysian al Qaeda members organize a plane hijacking is getting
A convicted terrorist has to today admitted to trying to travel under a false ID. Nabeel Hussain was arrested at Stansted Airport on 23 September last year. He was allegedly trying to fly to Turkey under a false passport. On
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg appeared today at London’s Old Bailey court, charged with providing terrorist training and funding terrorism in Syria. The 45-year-old from Birmingham was arrested on February 25th and pleaded not guilty to the charges before
On March 12, International Security Assistance Force Commander Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said a 2014 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would be counted as a “victory” by the Taliban and would “inspire” Al Qaeda. Dunford said these things while testifying before
Al Qaeda have announced the launch of a new English-language magazine, Resurgence, on one of their YouTube channels. The video announcing the launch uses the words of Malcolm X to justify violent struggle, and combines images of George W Bush
The nonviolent “influence” and intelligence operations of the Muslim Brotherhood are as much a threat to America as Al Qaeda or other violent terrorist organizations, a panel of experts assembled at the Breitbart News Network, Center for Security Policy and EMPAct
Today, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg stood in front of Westminster Magistrates Court after being charged with terrorism offences. Whatever the outcome on March 14th, it is clear that the left-wing British establishment have tied themselves to a highly
Of the 27 confirmed panels at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) annual policy conference, only 1 is vaguely dedicated to foreign policy. The panel titled, “What Should be America’s Place in the World in 2017…After Obama?” leaves us with
The Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front have sent an ultimatum to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to cease killing fellow rebels or face “expulsion” from Syria. The message, sent by Abu Mohammed Al Julani, leader of
Britain donates £90 million a year to Somalia, despite warnings that it is being used to arm Al Qaeda terrorists. The Daily Mail has revealed that a leaked United Nations (UN) report warns of a “high level of systematic abuses” by
After I published my article “National Disgrace: 9/11 Museum to Charge $24 Admission” at Breibart last week, I sent a few follow-up questions to Museum officials. Anthony Guido, Communications Manager at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, sent me answers: 1. It
As details emerge of the explosion that ripped through an Egyptian tour bus on February 16th, it is clear that at least three South Koreans were among the dead. The Huffington Post reports this is the first “targeting of foreign
A Labour Member of the European Parliament is attempting to have Britain’s Intelligence Services placed under the purview of the European Union (EU), a new report on the back of the NSA scandal suggests. A draft report by the European
For years she was a mother of 10 young children, keeping a good, Muslim home. Now she is a rebel commander with a gun, fighting, she says, for her honor and her religion. Her children battle at her side. Speaking
Yesterday, I was accused by a friend of being a “hot-head.” It is a badge I wear with pride, if only for the fact that I know the increase in temperature in my skull is directly linked to accrued knowledge
A former MI5 agent has been told by British authorities that he cannot remain in Britain due to a criminal record, despite his service infiltrating Al Qaeda cells and helping to thwart extremists. The man, who cannot be named for
United States intelligence has identified at least 50 American citizens fighting alongside Islamic extremists in Syria to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. According to the LA Times, officials are concerned that they may present a threat to America upon their return
One of Nigeria’s leading Salafist clerics, Sheikh Mohamed Awwal Adam Albani, was gunned down by the radical jihadist Boko Haram group on Saturday night near his home in the northern part of the African country. The highly respected 54-year-old preacher
In response to Clapper: Al-Qaeda Not Really ‘On the Run’: I was in D.C. at the time this committee hearing was going on (I was at the Holder one, where Cruz ate his lunch) but couldn’t attend. While he contradicts
On Thursday, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno made an appearance on TBS’s “Conan” to promote the Army’s Soldier for Life program, which is program determined to reintegrate soldiers, veterans and their families back into civilian life. However, host
An undergraduate student can expect to pay $13,683 per year, not including room and board, to attend the university of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. If he takes Emmit Evans’ class on World Food Systems, that student can also
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate panel today that the geographical dispersion of the al Qaeda ideology through its affiliates makes the terrorist group a “formidable threat.” This comes more than a decade after the U.S. launched
