War on Terror Resources
Reports & Studies
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS (JULY 2010 UPDATE)
Department of Defense Report on Ft. Hood Shooting (1/15/2010)
Administration Security Review of the Failed Christmas Terrorist Attack (1/7/2010)
9/11 Commission Report
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Report Of The Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001 By The House Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence And The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
9/11 Commission Staff Statement on pre-9/11 Intelligence Policy
9/11 Commission Staff Statement on pre-9/11 Performance Of The Intelligence Community
9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on Terrorist Financing And Terrorist Travel
9/11 Commission Staff Monograph On The Four Flights And Civil Aviation, Sept. 12, 2005 version
DCI Special Advisor Report On Iraq’s WMD, Including “The Duelfer Report” (2004), Sept. 12, 2005 version
Letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi, RE: Applying A “Vietnam” Strategy In Iraq (2005)
Council On Foreign Relations (10/26/09): Pakistan’s New Generation Of Terrorists
Website: The Investigative Project On Terrorism
Center for a New American Security (11/20/2009): On The Knife’s Edge: Yemen’s Instability and the Threat to American Interests
Critical Threats (12/27/2009): The Christmas Day Airline Bombing: Yemen and al Qaeda in Context
Critical Threats (12/27/2009): The Christmas Day Airline Bombing: Yemen and al Qaeda in Context
Heritage Foundation (1/8/2010): Yemen and The Resurgent Al-Qaeda Threat
Recent News
Washington Times (4/30/10): Wanted: Accurate Intel On ‘Dead’ Terrorists
ABC News (4/29/10): Analysis Of Al Qaeda Yemen Tape Shows Not All Footage Is New
New York Daily News (4/27/10): Queens Man Syed Hashmi Facing 15 Years After Pleading Guilty To Helping Al Qaeda
Newsweek (4/27/20): Catch And Release
Wall Street Journal (4/26/10): ‘The Perfect Justice Of Allah’
Los Angeles Times (4/26/10): Suicide Bomber Attacks British Ambassador’s Motorcade In Yemen
BBC (4/25/10): Al-Qaeda Confirms Leaders’ Deaths In Iraq
New York Post (4/25/10): Pentagon Stonewall
Washington Post (4/24/10): Al-Qaeda Leaders Said To Have Ordered Attack On New York Subway System
Fox News (4/24/10): Rep: Navy SEALs Shouldn’t Been Tried
Washington Post (4/23/10):Iraq Reports Arrest Of Al-Qaeda Mastermind Of ‘09 Bombings
New York Times (4/23/10): Wave Of Fatal Bombings Widens Fissures in Iraq
Boston Globe (4/21/10): Another Al Qaeda Leader Killed
San Francisco Chronicle (4/20/10): U.S. Air Strike Kills Al Qaeda In Iraq Leaders
Weekly Standard (4/19/10): A Master Terrorist’s Days In Baghdad
Washington Post (4/19/10): NSA Stops Collecting Some Data To Resolve Issue With Court
Reuters (4/18/10): Odierno ‘Confident’ U.S. Iraq Drawdown On Schedule
CBS news (4/18/10):Taliban Rebuilding Explosive Capabilities
Reuters (4/14/10): Obama Blocks Assets Of Somali Group Linked To Al Qaeda
Long War Journal (4/13/10): Zazi Case Sheds Light On US Plot, Pakistan
New York Daily News (4/12/10): Zazi, Al Qaeda Pals Planned Rush-hour Attack On Grand Central, Times Square Subway Stations
Fox News (4/12/10): Radical Muslim Cleric Lied to Qualify for U.S.-Funded College Scholarship
New York Daily News (4/9/10): Qatari Diplomat Who Lit Up Cigarette And Made Stupid Joke On Denver-bound Flight Won’t Face Charges
Fox News (4/7/10): Obama Bans Jihad From Security Document
Weekly Standard (4/5/10):“Collateral Murder” Is Anything But
United Press International (4/5/10): AQAP Leaves Yemen For Somalia
United Press International (4/05/10): Drone Strikes Hit Al-Qaeda,Taliban Hard
Yemen Post (4/04/10): Yemen-Based Al-Qaeda Transfer Its Positions To Somalia
New York Times (4/04/10): Somali Pirates Seize An Oil Supertanker
Washington Post (4/03/10): Yemen Upholds Death Sentence In Israel Spy Case
National Review (4/01/10): Amnesty International Comes Out of the Closet — Endorses “Defensive” Jihad
Washington Times (3/31/10): CIA Says ACLU-backed Plan Endangered Gitmo Officers
Reuters (3/30/10): Pakistani Jets Kill 26 Taliban In Orakzai
Associated Press (3/30/10): FBI Giving Cops Critical Info: How To Spot An IED
Time (3/29/10): Eric Holder’s Trials & Tribulations
New York Times (3/28/10): Obama Team Is Divided On Anti-Terror Tactics
Washington Post (3/23/10): Graham Proposes Framework For Handling Terrorism Suspects
Wall Street Journal (3/22/10): U.S. Sees Hope In Pakistan Requests For Help
Main Justice (3/21/10): Fitzgerald To Head Probe On Possible Outing Of Undercover CIA Agents
Washington Post (3/21/10): Taliban Kill 4 They Say Were US Spies In Pakistan
Main Justice (3/19/10): GOP Senators Put Holder On Notice
Wall Street Journal (3/18/10): Pakistani Court Charges 5 Americans
Wall Street Journal (3/18/10): Drone Kills Suspect In CIA Suicide Bombing
Washington Post (3/17/10): If Bin Laden Is Found, He’ll Be Killed, Holder Says
AFP (3/16/10): Yemen Air Raids Kill 3 Al Qaeda Members
Washington Times (3/15/10): Justice, CIA Clash Over Probe Of Interrogator IDs
CNN (3/14/10): Yemen: Suspected Al Qaeda Hideout Targeted
Washington Post (3/12/10): U.S. Citizen Held In Yemen After Shootout With Hospital Guards
Washington Post (3/11/10): ‘JihadJane’ Suspect Dropped Out Before High School, Married at 16
Wall Street Journal (3/11/10): The ‘al Qaeda Seven’
Politico (3/10/10): Holder Under Fire For Padilla Brief
Weekly Standard (3/1/10): Ambassador To Islam?
The State (2/28/10): Soldiers Removed From Active Duty In Fort Jackson Probe
United Press International (2/28/10): Terror On Trial: Holder Pushes For Civilian Justice
Washington Post (2/27/10): Once Seemingly Impregnable, Hamas Shows Signs Of Vulnerability
Wall Street Journal (2/27/10): Deletion Of Waterboarding Emails Is Probed
Wall Street Journal (2/26/10): Two Accused Of Plotting With Zazi
Newsweek (2/26/10): New Obama Interrogation Unit Not Deployed To Question Captured Taliban Chief
Politico (2/25/10): Gates, Holder Write To Oppose Restricting Civilian Terrorist Trials
Weekly Standard (2/23/10): Preparing For Bioterrorism
Washington Post (2/23/10): Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty In New York Subway Bomb Plot
New York Daily News (2/23/10): Attorney General Eric Holder: 9/11 Terror Trial In New York City Is Still On the Table
Weekly Standard (2/23/10): The Terror Of Al Shabaab
New York Post (2/15/10): ‘Stiff Winds’ Hit Obama Team Over Trial
Fox News (2/13/10): Brennan Acknowledges America Is Safer, But Government Perpetuated Prejudice, Discrimination
Washington Post (2/12/10): Obama Will Help Select Location Of KSM Terrorism Trial
Washington Post (2/10/10): U.S. Presses EU To Allow Access To Bank Data In Counterterror Efforts
AP (2/10/09): Pakistani Officials: Taliban Chief Is Dead
Washington Post (2/9/10): Obama Team Debated Treating Abdulmutallab As Enemy Combatant
Washington Post (2/8/10): Anti-terrorism Chief Rebukes Politicians Who Use Cases as Talking Points
Washington Post (2/8/10): Yemen’s Al-Qaeda Calls For Jihad In Region
Washington Post (2/8/10): Al-Qaeda is a Wounded But Dangerous Enemy
New York Daily News (2/7/10): Billion Dollar Nightmare Looms As Obama Refuses To Rule Out Holding 9/11 Terror Trials In NYC
Washington Post (2/7/10): The Prosecution of Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim
Washington Post (2/6/10): Officials Confirm Kidnapping Of U.S. Contractor In Iraq
National Review (2/5/10): Two Cheers For The Maine Ladies
Washington Post (2/4/10): Intelligence Chief Acknowledges U.S. May Target Americans Involved In Terrorism
Los Angeles Times (2/3/10): Ruling Yemen Gets More Complicated
Washington Post (2/3/10): Intelligence Officials Say Al-Qaeda Will Try To Attack U.S. In Next 6 Months
New York Times (2/3/10): Soldier Deaths Draw Focus To U.S. In Pakistan
Washington Post (2/2/10): Evidence Mounts That Pakistani Taliban Leader Was Killed
Politico (2/01/10): Napolitano skipped Christmas plot hearing for think-tank meeting
Politico (2/1/10): DOJ Redefines Terrorism For FY2010 Performance Goals
AP (2/1/10): North Korean Weapons Mystery Continues
Wall Street Journal (2/1/10): Pakistan Investigates Reports of Taliban Leader’s Death
Los Angeles Times (2/1/10): Officials OKd Miranda Warning For Accused Airline Plotter
New York Times (1/30/10):Mix of Emotions Over 9/11 Trial Move
New York Daily News (1/30/10):Options Limited For Trial Location
Senate Republican Communications Center (1/27/10):Senior Republicans Demand Answers, Testimony From AG Holder On Christmas Bomber
Washington Examiner (1/26/10):Senators Rebel Over Treating Detroit Airline Terrorist As A Civilian
Washington Post (1/26/10):Report Says Al-Qaeda Still Aims To Use Weapons Of Mass Destruction Against U.S.
The Times (1/26/10):Al-Qaeda Is Losing. Prepare For A Daring Hit
Wall St. Journal (1/25/10):Blasts Rock Baghdad Hotels
AP (1/24/10):Bin Laden Endorses Bomb Attempt On US Plane
NRO’s The Corner (1/23/10):DNI Blair Admits We Have No High-Value Terrorist Interrogation Capability
New York Times (1/22/10):Man Claims Terror Ties in Little Rock Shooting
Washington Post (1/21/10):Intelligence Chief Says FBI Was Too Hasty In Handling Of Attempted Bombing
Newsweek (1/20/10): Intel Chief’s Comments Infuriate Obama Officials
Washington Post (1/20/10):U.S. Increases Efforts To Boost Security In Yemen Amid Increasing Terror Threat
Washington Post (1/20/10):Gates: Al-Qaeda Has Assembled A ‘Syndicate’ Of Terror Groups
Wall St. Journal (1/19/10):Al Qaeda In Yemen Warns It Is Intact And Will Strike
New York Times (1/18/10):At Yemen College, Scholarship And Jihadist Ideas
New York Times (1/17/10):Review Of Jet Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues
Los Angeles Times (1/16/10):Al Qaeda Military Commander Reported Slain In Yemen Airstrike
The Long War Journal (1/15/10):Pakistani Taliban Chief Survived US Airstrike
US News & World Report (1/14/10):Terrorism Is Obama’s Main Political Vulnerability
OC Register (1/12/10):Steyn: Obama’s Missing Something
CBS News (1/08/10):FBI Tracks Abdulmutallab’s Steps in Ghana
The Economist (1/06/10):The Troubles Of American Intelligence
Washington Post (1/06/10):Obama: Attack Could Have Been Prevented
Washington Post (1/05/10):NOVA 5 Claim No Ties To Terror
New York Times (1/04/10):Obama’s War Over Terror
Newsweek (1/04/10):Major Screw-up, CIA Bomber May Have Been Well-Known Al Qaeda Blogger
New York Times (1/04/10):Yemen’s Leader Puts Family First
New York Times (12/28/09): Terror War Broadened To Al Qaeda in Yemen
Washington Post (12/18/09): 6 Yemeni Detainees Repatriated
Washington Post (12/11/09): Virginia 5 Had Months of Contact With Taliban
Wall Street Journal (12/9/09): Chicago Man Charged in Mumbai Attacks
Weekly Standard (11/9/09): The Flying Imams Win & The Rest Of Us Lose
Reuters (11/2/09): Al Qaeda Calls For Homemade Bomb Attacks In The West
Weekly Standard (10/29/09): FBI: Radical Islamist Group Ruled by Inmate in “Supermax” Jail
Time (10/29/09): Dead Radical Mosque Leader Was A Prison Convert
Telegraph (10/29/09): Pakistan army: passport of 9/11 suspect Said Bahaji found
New York Times (10/29/09): Al Qaeda Agent Granted Leniency
The Washington Post (10/27/09): 2 Chicago Men Accused In Denmark Terror Plot
Reuters (10/27/09): U.S. Defense Bill Would Pay Taliban To Switch Sides
Reuters (10/26/09): Dallas Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Boston Herald (10/22/09): Feds: Terror Suspect Is Qaeda Reject
New York Times (10/16/09): Pakistan Attacks Show Tighter Militant Links
Associated Press (10/12/09): Security Fears Over Pakistan Nukes As Taliban Surges
Critical Thinking & Commentary
Rep. John Carter (4/30/10): Fort Hood Attack: Unresolved
Patrick B. Pexton (4/26/10): Al Qaeda Tipping Point?
Marc A. Thiessen (4/14/10): Jane Mayer’s Disaster
Edwin D. Williamson and Richard W. Painter (3/22/10) DOJ’s Ex-Detainee Lawyers: The Ethics Issue
Michael Gerson (3/19/10): Eric Holder, The Attorney General Of Ineptness
Andrew C. McCarthy (3/18/10): This Corpse Has The Right To Remain Silent
William Kristol (3/17/10): McChrystal Contradicts Holder
Andrew C. McCarthy (3/12/10): Opposing View: ‘No Right To Counsel’
Jamil Jaffer (3/2/10): Why Holder is wrong on Zazi
John Yoo (2/28/10): Finally, An End To Justice Dept. Investigation
James Kirchick (2/28/10): How Much Time Will Obama Waste Trying To Engage Syria?
Victor Davis Hanson (2/24/10): The ‘I Am Not George Bush’ Policy
John Yoo (2/24/10): My Gift To The Obama Presidency
New York Post (2/13/10): Ax This Hack
Andrew C. McCarthy (2/11/10): A Mistake, Not A Precedent
Thomas Joscelyn (2/11/10): Obama Officials Wrong On Padilla
Jillian Bandes (2/11/10): Obama’s 300 Imaginary Terrorists
Jed Babbin (2/11/10): Fire John Brennan
Anne Bayefsky (2/11/10): Obama’s U.N. State Of Mind
USA Today (2/9/10): Our view on war on terror: National security team fails to inspire confidence
Wall Street Journal (2/9/10): Cheney’s Revenge
Debra Saunders (2/7/10): Holder’s Premature Mirandization Of Suspect
Rep. Frank Wolf (2/5/10): Keeping KSM Out Of Civilian Court
Andrew C. McCarthy (2/5/10): Holder On Holder
Byron York (2/5/10): Holder Delays Info To Congress
Mark Hosenball (2/4/10): Did the Obama Administration Release Secret Info to Score Political Points?
Gloria Borger (2/4/10): Intelligence Community Must Be Part Of Terror Decisions
Andrew C. McCarthy (2/4/10): ‘Merely Organized To Convict’
Theo Emery (2/4/10): Interrogating Terror Suspects: Why Didn’t HIG Question Bomber?
Dana Perino & Bill Burck (2/3/10): The Saga Of Abdulmutallab
Richard Cohen (2/2/10): Obama Tone Deaf On Terrorism
Andrew C. McCarthy (2/2/10): McCarthy: The Attorney And The General
David Rivkin Jr. & Marc Thiessen (2/1/10): Rivkin & Thiessen: Tale Of 2 Terrorists
Louis Pepe (2/1/10): Pepe: This is What They Did To Me
Michael V. Hayden (1/31/10): Hayden: Wrong & Wrong Again
Charles Krauthammer (1/29/10): The Handling Of The Christmas Day Bombing Suspect: The Scandal Grows
Washington Post (1/23/10): Did Obama Blow an Opportunity in Flight 253’s Case?
Andrew McCarthy (1/22/10): Still Time to Get It Right
Wall St. Journal Editorial (1/22/10): ‘Duh’ Another Intelligence Blunder
Stephen Hayes (1/21/10): System Failure
Andrew McCarthy (1/20/10): It’s The Enemy, Stupid
Elise Cooper (1/13/10): CIA to Obama: Don’t Point the Finger at Us
Frederick W. Kagan (1/13/10): Kagan: Applying ‘Smart Power’ in Yemen
Joel Mowbray (1/11/10):It’s The Visas, Stupid
Eliot A. Cohen (1/11/10): Taking Measure of Obama’s Foreign Policy
John Bolton (1/10/10): Bolton: Take Bureaucracy Out Of Intel.
Marc Thiessen (1/09/10): Thiessen: Obama is Tying Our Hands
Dennis Blair vs. The Intelligence Community
Michael Mukasey (1/06/10): What Does The Detroit Bomber Know?
Kathleen Parker (1/3/10): Parker: National Security in Obama’s Court
Shargel (1/4/10): You Can’t Bargain With Terrorists
Rosette (12/31/09): Not So Isolated and More Than an Extremist
Perino & Burck (12/30/09): Hard Questions, All-Too-Easy Answers
Gabe Ledeen (12/28/09): Flex-Cuffing Ourselves: The Criminal Justice Paradigm for Detention Operations
Charles Krauthammer (11/13/09): Medicalizing Mass Murder
Time: Time: Is Yemen the next Afghanistan?
Joscelyn & Roggio: Al Qaeda Is The Tip Of The Jihadist Spear
Kagan: Obama Shouldn’t Repeat Clinton’s Somalia Mistakes
Frederick W. Kagan & Kimberly Kagan: How Not To Defeat al Qaeda
Debra Burlingame: The President Isn’t Sincere About ‘Swift And Certain Justice’ For Terrorists
Debra Burlingame: Revenge Of The Shoe Bomber
Debra Burlingame: Our Right To Security
Debra Burlingame: We Must Always Remember