The Latest - Homegrown Terrorism
Why Boston Isn’t the New Normal
It is an oft-repeated aphorism that because terrorism is designed to frighten us, one of our best defenses is simply not to let it do so. Sometimes, that is difficult in a free and open society such as ours... more...
Happening Now
FDD's Jonathan Schanzer analyzes the bombings at the Boston Marathon and discusses who could be behind the attack. more...
‘There’s No Turning Back’: My Interview With a Hunted American Jihadist
The screams have started. On its official, English-language Twitter account, Shebab typically subtweets shots at Hammami (“There is no reason whatsoever for an apostate, once he leaves the fold of Islam, to enjoy the privileges and protection of Islam“)... more...
American Who Fought for Al Nusrah Front Arrested in US
A former American soldier who admitted to fighting for al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has been arrested and charged with "conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside of the United States."... more...
Pakistani American Indicted for Supporting al Qaeda Suicide Bomber
A naturalized American citizen who is originally from Pakistan has been indicted by the US government for providing material support to a Maldivian suicide bomber who attacked a Pakistani intelligence headquarters... more...
Surge in English-Speaking Militants Worries US, European Officials
Increased use of English in videos by Islamic extremists and a rising flow of recruits from Europe to fight in Syria and on other battlegrounds is disturbing U.S. officials who fear some could return to Europe... more...
American Shabaab Fighter Urges Muslims to Join the ‘Fronts’ of Jihad
A previously unidentified American who fights in the ranks of Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, appeared on a videotape and urged Muslims to join one of the numerous fronts of the global jihad. more...
Pakistani Taliban Praise Slain American, British Jihadists
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The two dead Western jihadists... more...
The Challenges of Gun Control: Denying Firearms to Terrorists
Following several tragic mass shootings, the U.S. is embroiled in a debate about gun control. The central question for many involved in this debate is, since the right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment... more...
Homegrown Terror is Real, But You Won’t Find It Online
Homegrown terrorism has become a topic of discussion in both Canada and the United States. A study by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service found that violent extremists in Canada are more often citizens... more...
The Victoria Taft Show
The entrapment defense in the Mohamud (Portland, Ore.) terrorism trial. more...
2 of 4 Terror Suspects Were New Islamic Converts
Three of the young men swept up in a federal terrorism probe grew up in the Southern California suburbs where they played pick-up basketball, ran for homecoming court and sparred in video games with... more...
Should the Fort Hood Attack be Classified as an Act of Terrorism?
The question of whether the Fort Hood attack carried out by Nidal Hasan should be classified as an act of terrorism is in the news. As ABC News notes, survivors of the attack have... more...
Mocking Justice in Norway: The Breivik Trial Targets Contrarian Intellectuals
“Wow.” This is the only word Tonje Brenna heard Anders Behring Breivik utter as he methodically killed sixty-nine of her fellow Norwegian Labor Party activists on the island of Utoya last summer. more...
The Jon Justice Show
Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin. more...
Nidal Hasan’s “Fairly Benign” Correspondence with Anwar al Awlaki
When Nidal Hasan carried out his notorious massacre at Fort Hood in November 2009, it was quickly revealed that he had previously exchanged between ten and twenty emails with the extremist imam Anwar al Awlaki. more...
Missed Clues Before Fort Hood Shootings
In the wake of the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shootings, Steve Hayes and I wrote about the FBI’s and Defense Department’s many failures with respect to Major Nidal Malik Hasan. more...
Fighting the Ideological War
Islamism is a growing and powerful ideology that tolerates no dissent or rivalry. Yet in recent decades the United States has responded only to the violence that Islamism has generated, not to the beliefs and ideas that drive it. more...
Jihad in Seattle
Last week, Michael D. McCright, a.k.a. Mikhial Jihad, a previously convicted felon from the north Seattle suburb of Lynnwood, pled guilty to lesser charges in a case involving his attempt to force a government vehicle carrying two Marines off the road... more...
Experts
Director, Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization
Military Affairs Fellow and Director, FDD’s National Security Fellows Program