CIA Chief: Current GWOT Tactics, Creating More Terrorists

Unfortunately, despite all our progress against [Daesh] on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach. The resources needed for terrorism are very modest, and the group would have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower, and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly.

Hackers Hijack ISIS Twitter Accounts with Gay Porn after Orlando Attack

Twitter accounts belonging to supporters of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have been hacked in the wake of the Orlando shooting, with jihadist messages replaced with links to gay pornography. A hacker affiliated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, who uses the online moniker WauchulaGhost, first began hijacking pro-ISIS Twitter accounts several months ago. Following […]

When ISIS Hackers Call You Out By Name

Americans are well aware that terrorists wish harm on their country. We’ve lived through 9/11, San Bernardino, and this week’s horrid atrocity in Orlando—ugly reminders that our nationality, genders, and sexualities all make us targets. However, it’s a completely different experience altogether to see Islamic State (IS, ISIS, or Daesh) supporters target you by name. […]

New developments on the Orlando shooter have put ISIS in a potentially awkward position

Multiple news outlets reported on Monday that the gunman who carried out the Orlando terrorist attack frequented the LGBTQ nightclub where he killed at least 49 people. He also used multiple gay-dating apps, according to several people who had communicated with him on the apps. And one of his former classmates told The Palm Beach Post that he believed […]

When the Caliphate Crumbles: The Future of the Islamic State’s Affiliates

Panic over which future Islamic State affiliate should be of chief concern rises each day as the Islamic State loses turf in Iraq and Syria and foreign fighters flee. This panic should be muted, though, as all Islamic State affiliates are not created equal. A scary jihad map from al Qaeda last decade looks remarkably […]

FBI had closely scrutinized the Orlando shooter before dropping investigation

The FBI investigated the Orlando shooter for 10 months beginning in 2013, putting him under surveillance, recording his calls and using confidential informants to gauge whether he had been radicalized after the suspect talked at work about his connections with al-Qaeda and dying as a martyr. As part of the investigation, Omar Mateen, who was killed […]

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of French Police Officer

A police captain was fatally stabbed and his companion was also killed at their home in a small town northwest of Paris on Monday evening, and within hours the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the murders. The police captain, who was not otherwise identified, was outside his home in Magnanville when he was stabbed by […]

ISIL attack on army barracks near Fallujah kills dozens

Dozens of Iraqi government forces and militia members have been killed in an attack on military barracks east of Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Military sources said 50 members of the Iraqi security forces and allied Shia militias were killed on Saturday. ISIL losses were reported too, with sources […]