By Brian Fairchild, November 26, 2019. SYNOPSIS: Most people have no idea of what a typical day in the life of a CIA officer under official cover is like. Therefore, when they see or hear commentary about how new technological developments can compromise CIA operations, they don’t know...
By Brian Fairchild Originally: July 20, 2016 Updated: October 2, 2019 In the past week, the daily news has been filled with articles about how China seemingly came out of nowhere to challenge US military superiority, and, how it has dramatically changed the balance of power in the...
In the latest issue of Inspire magazine, published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, American al-Qaeda commander Anwar al-Awlaki declares that Sharia law requires American Muslims to commit robbery, embezzlement, and theft, for the purpose of funding jihad attacks, financially supporting groups committed to Salafi-jihadi causes, and...
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, testifying before the House Intelligence Committee today, stated that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a largely secular, non-violent umbrella group. I have quickly put together the quotes below from the Brotherhood’s former and current leaders. They clearly show that the Muslim...
Last Friday, Yusuf al-Qaradawi — the most influential Muslim Brotherhood cleric in the world — returned triumphantly to Cairo from his exile in Qatar as the man chosen to lead Friday prayers at Tahrir Square. Given that the Muslim Brotherhood has been banned as an...
The Obama administration believes that the Muslim Brotherhood is an acceptable player in forming a new government in Egypt despite the fact that about a dozen very public quotes from the former and current leaders of the Brotherhood, which I provided in a Pajamas Media article last...
About a month ago, I wrote a PJM article forecasting that al-Qaeda would use the classified State Department cables leaked to Julian Assange and Wikileaks, and I lamented the fact that, while al-Qaeda would use this information against us, our own counterterrorism officials are prohibited from accessing...
The March 10th Homeland Security Committee hearing on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response” was a failure — simply because it added nothing new to Americans’ understanding of Islamist radicalization. As the chairman of the most important House committee...
I believe most Americans support military actions that protect the vital interests of the United States. Major American military initiatives, however, especially those involving the military invasion of a Muslim country in the era of the global jihad, have consequences and should only be taken...
Some well-known commentators have recently claimed that al-Qaeda has been diminished and made irrelevant because the popular uprisings in the Middle East are not motivated by radical Islam and are not controlled by al-Qaeda. This kind of sound bite commentary betrays a serious misunderstanding of al-Qaeda and the Middle...