
In a chilling 14 August 2014 letter to Lisa O. Monaco, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor at the National Security Council (NSC), reminiscent of the Red Chinese and Soviet gulags, a group of 75 signatories urged the Obama administration to “implement a
by Clare M. Lopez20 Aug 2014, 2:54 PM PST0
After forcing the FBI and CIA to purge their counterterrorism training programs of all references to “Islam” in “Islamic terrorism,” the Muslim Brotherhood in America has turned its sights on the New York Police Department (NYPD). Image credit: Reuters Writers
by Clare M. Lopez3 Feb 2012, 12:14 PM PST0
In a blockbuster ruling, Federal Judge George Daniels in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order stating that Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite terror proxy, Hizballah, are jointly responsible together with al-Qa’eda for
by Clare M. Lopez18 Dec 2011, 7:29 AM PST0
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Washington this week, it is critical that Americans pay attention to what these two leaders intend to do. From 12 to
by Clare M. Lopez17 Dec 2011, 8:45 AM PST0
Editor’s note: Clare Lopez is a former operations officer for the CIA, and former head of the Iran Policy Committee. Things have been going fairly well for Iran of late, at least with regard to the Americans. Even though an
by Clare M. Lopez24 Oct 2011, 4:53 PM PST0
Across a vast expanse of the Muslim world, from Tunisia to Pakistan, the forces of Islam are rising. Tunisian voters have given the Al Nahda (Muslim Brotherhood) party a dominant position in the national assembly that will write the country’s
by Clare M. Lopez24 Oct 2011, 7:19 AM PST0
Watching the jubilant Libyan rebels celebrating in the streets of Tripoli, it’s easy to get caught up in the euphoria of the moment as a brutal tyrant is at last being brought down. The spokeswoman at the Department of State
by Clare M. Lopez24 Aug 2011, 5:09 AM PST0
Recently acquitted in Austria on charges of “incitement to hatred” stemming from comments made in a seminar series about Islam, Austrian citizen Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff now also has been subjected to lengthy questioning by the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) service
by Clare M. Lopez7 Mar 2011, 2:32 PM PST0
Observers following tumultuous events across the Middle East in recent days may find it confusing that Iranian leadership figures would be cheering for the protesters in the streets of Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere. After all, not only are most Iranians
by Clare M. Lopez30 Jan 2011, 4:40 AM PST0
Yesterday I posted on Ottawa’s Free Thinking Film Society’s scheduled screening of the new film, “Iranium” at the Library and Archives of Canada. The film is a documentary featuring a slate of Iran experts (myself included) discussing the threat of
by Clare M. Lopez20 Jan 2011, 6:10 AM PST0
Last night, free speech suffered a setback in Ottawa, Canada and tyranny notched a win. The Free Thinking Film Society had scheduled a screening of the new Clarion Fund film, “Iranium,” this evening at the Library and Archives of Canada
by Clare M. Lopez19 Jan 2011, 5:30 AM PST0
Yesterday’s Washington Post‘s feature story, “Muslim orphans caught between Islam and the West“– about Muslim orphans who cannot find adoptive homes because of Islamic law– highlights once again the incompatibility of shariah with U.S. law and societal norms. The heart-wrenching
by Clare M. Lopez3 Jan 2011, 6:05 AM PST0