President Obama To Deliver A Major Counterterrorism Speech At 2:00 PM EST

Drones, Guantanamo Part Of Broad Obama Counterterrorism Speech -- CBS President Obama on Thursday will deliver a major speech on his counter...

875,000 Names Are In The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Terror Database

Number Of Names On U.S. Counter-Terrorism Database Jumps -- Reuters (Reuters) - The number of names on a highly classified U.S. central data...

Has The White House Decided That US Drone Strikes Are A Better Alternative To Guantánamo?

The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. ( U.S. Air Force ) US Drone Strikes Being Used As Alternative To Guantánamo, Lawyer Says -- The Guardia...

How The U.S. Searches For Terrorists

How The Government Searches For The Boston Marathon Bomber -- National Journal When FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers promised that “We ...

Is Al Qaeda Shattered?

With Al Qaeda Shattered, U.S. Counter-Terrorism's Future Unclear -- L.A. Times Opinions differ over how much threat Al Qaeda's facti...

Why The Pentagon Will Not Criticize Algeria's Botched Hostage Rescue Mission

Algeria Hostage Crisis: Frustration For US Military, And Maybe Regrets -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor A disastrous hostage rescu...

Why The French Rescue Mission Failed In Somalia

Expired Guarantees -- Richard Fernandez, Belmont Club News sources report that Islamist fighters knew a French rescue team was coming for an...

Second French Soldier Dies After Failed French Somali Rescue Attempt (Updated)

Somali Rebels Say Second French Soldier Died After Failed Rescue Attempt -- Voice of America Somali rebel group al-Shabab says a second Fren...

President Obama Confirms That U.S. Forces Were Involved In Assisting The Botched French Somali Hostage Rescue Attampt

Obama Confirms US Involvement In Somalia Hostage Rescue Attempt -- The Guardian President says American combat aircraft was used to support ...

Somali Witnesses To the Failed French Rescue Mission Describe A Night Of Mayhem And Confusion

France Defends Failed Somali Raid -- The Australian SOMALI witnesses said at least eight civilians were killed in a disastrous French operat...

How Al Qaeda Leader Anwar Al Awlaki Was Killed

Danish Spy Claims Key Role In Terrorist's Death -- CBS The following script is from "Morten Storm" which aired on Dec. 30, 201...

U.S. Covert War Expanding?

U.S. Expands Secretive Drone Base for African Shadow War -- Danger Room The Pentagon’s secretive drone and commando base in the Horn of Afri...

America's Combat Hub For Counterterrorism In The Horn Of Africa And The Middle East

( Click on Image to Enlarge ) U.S. drone camp in the heart of Djibouti Expansion is underway at the United States’ first counter- terrorism ...

Meet The Man Who Is Transforming U.S. Counterterrorism Policy

President Barack Obama is briefed on the situation in Libya by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterter...

Is This A Valid Reason For Killing A 16-Year-Old American In A Drone Strike?

Team Obama's Justification For Killing A 16-Year-Old American In A Drone Strike Is Stunning Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gi...

A New U.S. Blueprint In Hunting Terrorists

Plan For Hunting Terrorists Signals U.S. Intends To Keep Adding Names To Kill Lists -- Washington Post Editor’s note: This project, based on...

Are CIA And Special Forces 'Hit Squads' On The Hunt For The Attackers Of The U.S. Consulate In Libya?

Flames: The White House has admitted they knew the deadly assault, pictured, was an act of terrorism within 24 hours Obama Orders CIA And Na...

Urgent Request Sent From Afghanistan For Palantir system

Military Leaders Urgently Push For New Counterterrorism Software -- Washington Times A U.S. military command has sent an urgent request to t...

How The War Tn Terrorism Is Being Fought In East Africa

Countering al-Shabab: How The War Tn Terrorism Is Being Fought In East Africa -- Time Two bombings of churches in Kenya pointed to the resur...

A Look At President Obama's Counterterrorism Chief John Brennan

President Barack Obama meets with John Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, in the Oval Off...