Why do all the powers supposedly arrayed against the terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State (IS) seem incapable to date of effectively hitting its strongholds in Syria?

Buried at the end of the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Obama on December 18 is a long and complex provision that creates a new “United States Victims of State Sponsors of Terrorism ...

You might remember Mohamedou Ould Salahi—Guantanamo detainee, author and memoirist, subject of a brutal interrogation, important source on Al Qaeda, and all around fascinating human puzzle.

I was extremely disappointed to read Professor Amy Zegart’s post regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee’s study of the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program. Not only did it include factually ina...

In the rhetoric of American leaders, the Islamic State is a terrorist group. The terrorism label, while accurate, is also misleading, obscuring more than it enlightens. One of the top scholars of terrori...

Yesterday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined her national security plan against the Islamic State, speaking at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Judge Pohl opens the session this morning, recalling an unnamed U.S. Army Captain as a witness for the defense. She testifies that Mr. Hawsawi—the only defendant not present in the courtroom—has freely c...

Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on Friday, December 11th, at the close of the week's pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 case:

Judge Pohl calls the commission to order, and this time, we actually have a session. Everyone is here except Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mustafa Al Hawsawi, but they have waived their presences voluntaril...

Editor’s Note: Terrorism's biggest impact is rarely in the violence of the attack itself. Rather, it is the government’s response -- for better or for worse -- that often determines whether a terrorist a...