Obama Counterterrorism

Cheney Silent On Obama Counterterrorism Gains

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


On Tuesday, President Barack Obama visited the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington and declared that "because of our efforts" al Qaeda...

Obama's Approach To Major Terror Threat Becomes More Clear

Washington Post | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


President Obama will make his first visit to the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean on Tuesday morning, telling intelligence officials that th...

A Changing Threat: Al-Qaeda Eight Years Later

Peter Henne | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Peter Henne

Al Qaeda's greatest weapon is not its bombs but its voice, and the threat it will hijack discourse in the Muslim world, which requires a concerted US outreach campaign to counteract.

Obama's New Counterterrorism Message Is Good, But the Messenger Has Problems

Frank Naif | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

John Brennan's role as a top national security honcho in the Obama administration shows the limitations of Obama's "look to the future, not to the past" mantra.

Recklessness Cloaked in Righteousness

Peter Henne | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Peter Henne

Obama's policies are the best chance for ensuring that the United States of America remains the greatest country in the world.

Ali al-Marri and the Entropy of the War on Terror

Peter Henne | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Peter Henne

Entropy is one of the several laws ruling the universe. Disorder increases, and energy dissipates; certainty disappears under the inevitable pressure of time. So it is in the United States' "war on terror."

Brennan Coming Back To Coordinate Counterterrorism

New York Times | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intel...