Tag: Terrorism

Let’s Talk About Something Else

Fred Barnes · June 17, 2016 5:00 am

"Barack Obama is to blame for the rise of ISIL. He has dismantled the ability to defend this country."

Lindsey Graham has harshest criticism yet for Obama

Anna Giaritelli · June 17, 2016 2:05 am

In 2014, the paper referred to this list, which draws from the terror database, as "vastly overbroad." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Flashback: NYT used to hate the terror watch list

Becket Adams · June 17, 2016 1:15 am

Omar Mateen was rejected from the police academy in December 2013. (MySpace via AP, File)

Orlando killer had history of drugs, criminal record, school suspensions

Anna Giaritelli · June 17, 2016 12:13 am

"Barack Obama is directly responsible for it, because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al Qaeda went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama's failures," McCain said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

National Security

McCain says Obama is ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando attack, then backtracks

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2016 8:01 pm

"Unfortunately, despite all of our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach," CIA Director John Brennan testified. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

CIA: ‘Global reach’ of Islamic State remains undiminished

Jamie McIntyre · June 16, 2016 7:51 pm

Reynaldo Gonzalez brought the suit on behalf of his daughter, Nohemi Gonzalez, who was among the 130 people who were killed in November's attack in Paris. (AP Photo)

Facebook, Google, Twitter sued over ISIS attacks

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2016 7:38 pm

"That's an incredibly ignorant thing for [Hillary Clinton] to say, that anybody can be denied their constitutional rights without due process of law, without the government coming forward and establishing due process of law. That's simply un-American." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner File)

National Security

Cornyn: Dem gun control push is ‘un-American’

Joel Gehrke · June 16, 2016 7:12 pm

CIA Director John Brennan acknowledged in a hearing that the U.S. is not prepared for future cyberthreats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

CIA chief concerned over ‘9/11 in the cyberdomain’

David Wilkes · June 16, 2016 6:35 pm

Cruz: ‘This is not a gun control issue’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 16, 2016 5:25 pm

Labor Member of Parliament Jo Cox died as a result of her injuries, according to Dee Collins, Temporary Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police. (Yui Mok/PA via AP, File)

British MP dies after shooting, stabbing attack

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2016 4:47 pm

The department "supports Sen. Feinstein's amendment to help keep guns out of the hands of individuals believed to be engaged in terrorism," the statement said. (Tim Boyle/Bloomberg, File)

National Security

Justice backs Dem amendment to keep guns from suspected terrorists

Pete Kasperowicz · June 16, 2016 3:46 pm