The Latest - Homegrown Terrorism
Virginia Detainee Law is Dangerously Unconstitutional
The United States has just lost a key ally in the fight against al-Qaeda terrorists: the residents of Virginia, and state employees in particular. more...
Reports Claim that Daphne-Raised Jihadist Omar Hammami Executed, but Somali Sources Skeptical
"All I have heard is the rumor; one of my Somali sources is very skeptical," he said. "I have not seen any announcement by Shabaab confirming or denying the report. I put out an inquiry to their spokesman, but no answer as of yet." more...
The Messages of Toulouse
To those who proclaim themselves jihadis, Mohamed Merah is a hero and a martyr. He became a hero last month when he attacked a Jewish school in Toulouse, murdering Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his two young sons, Gabriel and Arieh, and a seven-year-old girl, Myriam Monsonego. more...
Al Qaeda Graphic Hinting at More New York Attacks Likely Bluster and Not a Real Threat
An image posted on jihadi forums Monday caught the NYPD’s interest as a possible threat. In it, the city’s famous skyline at sunset is overlaid with the text: “Al Qaeda: Coming Soon Again in New York.” more...
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Hezbollah Preparing for Attacks Within the U.S.? Fox News Middle East analyst Walid Phares, Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Sebastian Gorka and Fox News contributor Judy Miller on the risks of terrorist attacks by Hezbollah within America. more...
The Heat
FDD's Sebastian Gorka debates the NYPD's surveilance of Muslim communities. Is it unconstitutional or a necessary tool to prevent future terrorist attacks? more...
News Update
NYPD's surveillance of Muslims, is it legal and vital to prevent future terrorist attacks? more...
Inside Story
A report has revealed the New York police spying on Muslim citizens without any apparent evidence of criminal activity. Is this type of surveillance legal, and what will the US government do now? more...
If You See Something, Shut Up
M. Zudi Jasser is a physician, a U.S. Navy veteran, an American patriot and a Muslim who does not hold with those who preach that Islam commands its followers to take part in a war against unbelievers. more...
Kelly a ‘Ray-cist’? What a Smear
Recently, interest groups such as the Council of American Islamic Relations have demanded that NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly resign and that an outside inspector general be appointed over the NYPD. more...
Inside Story
Is the principle of indefinite detention without trial now an accepted and permanent part of American life? more...
News Update
NYC police arrest “lone wolf” in bomb plot. more...
Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel
NYC police arrest “lone wolf” in bomb plot. more...
Awlaki’s Law
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a martyrdom statement for Anwar al Awlaki, the al Qaeda cleric who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last month. more...
Right Thinking from the Left Coast
The reported death of Anwar al-Awlaki. more...
The Schilling Show
The death of Anwar al Awlaki. more...
Awlaki’s Death a Delayed Counterterrorism Success
Anwar al Awlaki has reportedly been killed in an airstrike in Yemen, bringing an end to the life of one of al Qaeda’s most effective recruiters. Awlaki had an especially strong appeal in the West, where an unknown (but surely significant) number of recruits joined al Qaeda’s jihad after viewing his sermons in English. more...
Wiping Them Out One by One
Inside Pakistan, before bin Laden, those killed by drones on Obama’s orders in the last two years include Baitullah Mehsud, overall leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan; Mustafa Abu Yazid, al-Qaida's leader in Afghanistan and top financial official... more...
What Will Anwar al-Awlaki’s Death Really Mean for al-Qaeda?
The apparent death of Anwar al-Awlaki -- a U.S. citizen hiding in Yemen, where he had worked with the local al-Qaeda branch -- comes amid a rash of bad news for al-Qaeda and its affiliates. more...
Experts
Director, Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization
Military Affairs Fellow and Director, FDD’s National Security Fellows Program