Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies addresses the global war on terror on all its fronts and in all its dimensions.

FDD’s Center for Law and Counterterrorism filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the legality of the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program as a tool of war at the President’s disposal. It has consulted to the White House and U.S. Justice Department on the Patriot Act, and provided policy makers with a legal rationale for the U.S. Treasury Department’s designation of al-Manar, a Hezbollah owned-and-financed media outlet, as a global terrorist entity.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies addresses the global war on terror on all its fronts and in all its dimensions.

FDD’s Center for Law and Counterterrorism filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the legality of the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program as a tool of war at the President’s disposal. It has consulted to the White House and U.S. Justice Department on the Patriot Act, and provided policy makers with a legal rationale for the U.S. Treasury Department’s designation of al-Manar, a Hezbollah owned-and-financed media outlet, as a global terrorist entity.

In addition, FDD senior fellow and Long War Journal contributor Thomas Joscelyn writes exhaustively on terrorist interrogation and detention, and testifies regularly before the U.S. Congress. He contends that the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has provided valuable intelligence that has saved American lives and smothered al-Qaeda plots in their cradles.

Joscelyn consistently reports in depth on White House efforts to repatriate prisoners, and/or put them on trial in military tribunals or civilian courts, and he is regularly sought out for his expertise. Together with FDD senior fellow and Long War Journal editor Bill Roggio, FDD continues to provide insight into al-Qaeda’s activities and its ambitions.