Tag: Terrorism

CIA Director John Brennan applauds at a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the formation for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, at its headquarters on April 24, 2015 in McClean, Va. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

CIA director: Terrorists watching Patriot Act debate closely

Kelly Cohen · May 31, 2015 6:54 pm

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson greets people during a campaign stop at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market on May 26, 2015 in Mt Pleasant, S.C. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ben Carson: ‘I believe that’ it’s ‘a possibility’ I can be president

Kelly Cohen · May 31, 2015 6:11 pm

In this undated image provided by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl poses in front of an American flag. U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan, was exchanged for five Taliban commanders being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to published reports. Bergdahl is in stable condition at a Berlin hospital, according to the reports. (Photo by U.S. Army via Getty Images)

National Security

5 senior Taliban leaders to be freed on Monday

Charles Hoskinson · May 31, 2015 4:01 am

Obama's "disengagement" from the tumultuous Middle East, symbolized by his withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011, has created a "vacuum" that's "been filled by bad actors, including terrorist extremists," Rubio wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Friday night. (Getty Image)

Marco Rubio: Obama has made Middle East ‘more dangerous and unstable’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 3:52 pm

CNN, Muhammad, and the ‘n-word’

CNN, Muhammad, and the ‘n-word’

Becket Adams · May 28, 2015 5:25 pm

Metro Transit Police officers patrol at the Chinatown Metro Station in Washington, D.C., on Monday May 2, 2011.

D.C. man arrested for making terror threats against Metro system

Kelly Cohen · May 27, 2015 5:28 pm

Smoke rises behind archaeological ruins in Palmyra, Syria. The video released by a media arm of the Islamic State group purportedly showed the archaeological ruins of Palmyra apparently undamaged. (Militant video via AP)

National Security

ISIS hasn’t destroyed Palmyra yet, artifacts chief says

David Brown · May 27, 2015 2:09 pm

The prospect of the cartoon appearing on the Metro would likely be unsettling to D.C. commuters, especially after the Texas attack. (Getty Image)

‘Draw Muhammad’ controversy could come to D.C.

Kelly Cohen · May 26, 2015 5:43 pm

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant Website via AP, File)

National Security

Where terrorists get their money from

Charles Hoskinson · May 26, 2015 12:29 pm

A plume of smoke rises after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State group positions in an eastern neighborhood of Ramadi, Iraq. (AP Photo)

National Security

Former director on Iraq: We ‘underestimated how deep the hole’ we dug

Barbara Boland · May 24, 2015 7:59 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter highlighted the uphill battle that lies ahead in the fight against the Islamic State. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Defense secretary: Iraqis ‘showed no will to fight’ ISIS

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 7:33 pm

The Obama administration is looking for a way to combat the Islamic State in cyberspace, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

National Security

Bolton: Obama ‘in denial,’ ‘blinded’ by ‘ideology’ on ISIS

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 2:34 pm