The Weekly Standard has obtained “a timeline briefed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence detailing the heavy substantive revisions made to the CIA’s talking points”–evidence that the talking points used by UN Ambassador Susan Rice were heavily
A deadly suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan today that killed 10 and injured 70 was reportedly aimed at Police Commissioner Sahibzada Anees, the presiding officer in the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the man who helped the U.S. search for Osama
According to an analysis by the government’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC), suspected terrorists Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev “closely” followed bomb-making instructions found in an online al Qaeda magazine. TEDAC analyzed bombs that were exploded at the Boston Marathon and during
In response to Tamerlan Tsarnaev Was on Terrorist Watch List: Liz, not only did DHS/FBI ignore terrorism warnings from Russia, it seems they actually tried to persuade Canada to delay arresting the alleged Al Qaeda plotters of a train attack.
This is an update to our previous story on how the Obama administration could keep Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant for a short time until they confirm he was not working as a foreign terrorist agent who fraudulently obtained U.S.
The Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) has become the center of attention since it was discovered that now deceased suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a member of the mosque. ISB is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. The Islamic Society of
As many commentators had suspected, it now appears that the Boston bombing suspects built their pressure cooker bombs by reading Al Qaeda’s magazine, Inspire. A federal official reports that the publication, started by US citizen Samir Khan, who was killed
Reuters – TORONTO – Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with an “al Qaeda-supported” plot to derail a passenger train. The RCMP said it had arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser,
Reports indicate Canadian police and intelligence agencies have thwarted a terror plot and made arrests in Montreal and Toronto. Details are scant, but it appears those arrested had been under surveillance for more than a year. The investigation was reportedly
This is an update to an earlier story, presenting the analysis of why the Constitution probably entitles Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the full range of protections in the Bill of Rights that he would receive as a civilian in federal district
A suburban Chicago teenager has been arrested on terrorism-related charges and accused of seeking to join an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in war-torn Syria, the FBI announced Saturday. Abdella Ahmad Tounisi was arrested Friday night as he attempted to board a
From Fox News: Investigators are exploring potential links between Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an extremist group known as the Caucasus Emirate, sources tell Fox News. The purported leader of the separatist and Islamic extremist group is Doku
From Fox News: Investigators are exploring potential links between Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an extremist group known as the Caucasus Emirate, sources tell Fox News. The purported leader of the separatist and Islamic extremist group is Doku
News that the suspected Boston Marathon bombers were of Chechen heritage came as no surprise to those who have studied the ties between the Russian Caucasus and Islamism. In fact, “congressional researchers and foreign policy analysts have long tracked a
The Obama administration has placed Boston terrorist suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev in federal custody with plans to give him a civilian criminal trial in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. That’s what the Constitution requires, though some will undoubtedly question that decision.
For Politico, the motivation for the bombers who murdered innocent civilians at the Boston Marathon simply isn’t very clear. Politico asks rhetorically, “Chechens have been locked for nearly two decades in a bitter, violent conflict against the Russian government. But
A split between Britain and France on the one side and the United States on the other regarding sending military aid to opposition forces in Syria may be widening due to a report Britain and France gave to the United
A YouTube page that belonged to someone named Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who may have been one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers of the same name, showed Tsarnaev was an acolyte of a violent Australian Muslim cleric. The cleric, Feiz Mohammed,
Because the alleged Boston bombers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were of Chechen descent and from the Russian Caucasus, an area that’s been a bastion of support for al Qaeda, experts are concerned about the potential dangers of the 2014 Olympics
The leader of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he was happy about the Boston bombings, saying, “Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there.” The cleric, Mohammad al-Chalabi,
PETER BERGEN, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: I’m reminded of Oklahoma City, which was a bombing, but first treated as a gas explosion. First reports are often erroneous. The fact there were two explosions, two bombings — One of the things
(Reuters) – At least 30 people died in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings in the Somali capital, a medical source said, increasing estimates of the toll from the Sunday attacks which exposed the fragility of security gains in
(AFP) – The public pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda by Syria’s fiercest rebel group, Al-Nusra Front, serves the interests of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, analysts say. “It’s a point in the regime’s favour because it reinforces the official narrative that
The liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change is running a new TV spot targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – by saying that he embraces gun policies backed by Al Qaeda. The ad, titled “Bad Company,” rips McConnell for
Al-Qaeda in Iraq said for the first time on Tuesday that Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group battling President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, was part of its network and fighting for an Islamic state in Syria. The remarks by the leader of
