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Thomas Joscelyn

Senior Fellow

Areas of Impact:

Boston Marathon Attack, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Sudan, Global War on Terror, Somalia, Terrorist Detainees, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan

Biography:

Thomas is a terrorism analyst and writer living in New York. Most of Thomas's research and writing has focused on how al Qaeda and its affiliates operate around the world. He is a regular contributor to The Weekly Standard and its online publications, The Daily Standard and Worldwide Standard. He is the Senior Editor of The Long War Journal. His work has also been published by National Review Online, the New York Post, and a variety of other publications.

Thomas is a terrorism analyst and writer living in New York. Most of Thomas's research and writing has focused on how al Qaeda and its affiliates operate around the world. He is a regular contributor to The Weekly Standard and its online publications, The Daily Standard and Worldwide Standard. He is the Senior Editor of The Long War Journal. His work has also been published by National Review Online, the New York Post, and a variety of other publications.

Thomas is the author of Iran's Proxy War Against America, a short book published by the Claremont Institute that details Iran's decades-long sponsorship of America's terrorist enemies. He makes regular appearances on radio programs around the country and has appeared on MSNBC.

Thomas served as the senior terrorism adviser for Mayor Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign. In 2006 he was named one of the Claremont Institute's Lincoln Fellows. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

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Disconnecting the Dots in Benghazi

8th May 2013 – The Weekly Standard

Disconnecting the Dots in Benghazi

Thomas Joscelyn

Nearly eight months after terrorists killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration still has not explained who, exactly, was responsible. more...

Analysis & Commentary

16th May 2013 – The Weekly Standard

Petraeus’s Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points

Thomas Joscelyn

After nearly two days of editing, then CIA director David Petraeus was sent the revised Benghazi talking points on September 15, 2012. He was less than impressed, to put it mildly. more...

15th May 2013 – The Weekly Standard

CIA Warned of ‘Jihadist’ Threat to Cairo Embassy

Thomas Joscelyn

The Obama administration’s editing of the Benghazi talking points not only obscured what really happened in Libya on September 11, 2012, it also confused the events of earlier... more...

15th May 2013 – The Long War Journal

Tensions Continue to Escalate in Tunisia

Thomas Joscelyn

Almost two months after Tunisia's prime minister and the head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an al Qaeda-linked organization, traded barbs in the press and online, tensions have escalated once again... more...

13th May 2013 – The Weekly Standard

Egyptian Authorities Break Up Embassy Plot

Thomas Joscelyn

The Egyptian interior ministry announced Saturday that an al Qaeda plot against a Western embassy and other targets had been disrupted. Two suspected terrorists are being held... more...