The Obama administration refused to defend me against the lawsuit filed for José Padilla. Now even the liberal Ninth Circuit agrees the suit was frivolous.

The recent kidnapping of a handicapped French woman from a Kenyan resort, initially attributed to Somali pirates, was the second such kidnapping in a month. Kenyan authorities now blame al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda. Why should we treat the growing menace of Somali piracy differently from terrorism?

Many thanks to John Stossel for articulating the combination of incompetence and bureaucratic will to power that characterizes the TSA. The TSA represents a huge victory for Islamic terrorists over the people of the U.S. How these terrorists must roar with self-satisfied laughter when they contemplate the TSA busily harassing...

Should the U.S. government talk to terrorist groups? Freelance foreign affairs analyst Perry offers a resounding "yes." His argument, however, is based on a specious reading of recent events in Iraq, which he then extrapolates to other violent players in the Middle East.

Guantanamo Bay has still not shut down, and recently CIA director Panetta stated that if a top al-Qaeda leader was captured, they would probably be detained there.

A new study examines the efforts by British and Spanish governments at reconciling their own insurgencies to the existing political order.

Our national security would be better served if the United States captured al-Asiri and kept him alive for questioning, so we can find out what he knows.

The Obama administration's security and antiterrorism policies are failing to impress our enemies.