Tag: Terrorism

September 11th is a constant reminder that you can be a proud American while being a Muslim. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

After 9/11, terrorists put a bounty on my life

Siraj Hashmi · September 11, 2017 6:12 pm

Sixteen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, five of the accused terrorists are still awaiting trial and are still being held in detention at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Five 9/11 terrorist suspects still awaiting trial 16 years later

Todd Shepherd · September 11, 2017 4:05 pm

Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford attend the September 11th Pentagon Memorial Observance at the Pentagon. Mattis praised the spirit and resolve of the American people on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jim Mattis: ‘Mr. President, your military does not scare’

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2017 2:26 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined thousands of service members and families of 9/11 victims at the Pentagon, where hundreds of military personnel were killed after a hijacked plane crashed into the western side of the complex on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump pays tribute to 9/11 victims, vows to protect Americans from ‘savage killers’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 11, 2017 2:13 pm

The attack was carried out with a vehicle laden with explosives. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

5 US troops wounded in convoy attack in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · September 11, 2017 1:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Remembering 9/11: How vulnerable we felt in that moment

Nicole Russell · September 11, 2017 1:26 pm

Thousands of 9/11 victims' relatives, survivors, rescuers, and others are expected to gather Monday at the World Trade Center to remember the deadliest terror attack on American soil. Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked planes slammed into the trade center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

9/11, 16 years later: In a fractious country, America’s character is still strong and indispensable

Ryan Manion · September 11, 2017 4:10 am

The twin beams of the annual Tribute in Light commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks shine above the city's skyline. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Remembering 9/11 on its 16th anniversary

Linda Hernandez · September 11, 2017 4:01 am

As the House Liberty Caucus, which is chaired by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., explained in its July 2016 vote alert, the "Anti-Terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act" would have "violate[d] our Fourth Amendment-secured right against unreasonable searches and seizures."

Beltway Confidential

Congress might expand the Patriot Act to areas that have nothing to do with terrorism

Jason Pye · September 8, 2017 10:09 pm

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton waged an illegal war in Libya that created a vacuum into which all sorts of terrorists flooded. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s illegal Libya war has made the current situation in North Korea more dangerous

Timothy P. Carney · September 8, 2017 3:01 pm

The Paris prosecutor's office says two people have been detained after a possible explosives laboratory was discovered in a suburb south of Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Beltway Confidential

Has Europe been infiltrated by another ISIS cell?

Tom Rogan · September 7, 2017 6:55 pm

Terror and Slow Justice: Dragging Libya to Court for a Deadly 1989 Hijacking

Ann Marlowe · September 7, 2017 9:30 am