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Happy Hour: Things Could Get Worse

7:00 PM, Oct 14, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Politico: "Geithner: Action against Wall St. coming"

CBS News: "'Grenade-walking' part of 'Gunwalker' scandal"

ABC News: "Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord’s Resistance Army"

Mark Tapscott: "Solyndra funder Kaiser paid zero taxes for years"

The Economist: "Things could actually get a lot worse"

From D.C. Suburbia to Al-Shabab

From D.C. Suburbia to Al-Shabab

Zachary A. Chesser wanted to embody the most extreme form of Islam.

12:27 PM, Jul 27, 2010 • By STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Last Thursday, July 22, 20-year-old Zachary A. Chesser of Fairfax County, Va., was arrested for providing material support to, and attempting to join, the Somali Islamist militia affiliated with al Qaeda, al-Shabab. Chesser has been ordered to remain in jail until his trial.

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Al Shabaab Cell Involved in Uganda Attacks Named After Top Al Qaeda Leader

Al Shabaab Cell Involved in Uganda Attacks Named After Top Al Qaeda Leader

5:24 PM, Jul 15, 2010 • By BILL ROGGIO

Over the years, there has been plenty of handwringing over the issue of whether al Shabaab, the Islamist terror group in Somalia, is allied with al Qaeda. Despite the fact that al Shabaab announced its intent to merge with al Qaeda in September 2008,  and al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al Zawahiri, granted the request in Novemebr 2008, some Somalia watchers refused to acknowledge the two groups were linked.

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Equal Opportunity Terrorism

Equal Opportunity Terrorism

As a long string of attacks from New York to Washington to London to Madrid to Bali to Lahore to Baghdad make plain.

1:37 PM, Jul 14, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD

A fascinating nugget comes from an unnamed senior U.S. official in a story today by ABC’s Jake Tapper. Citing U.S. intelligence, the official states that "Al Qaeda recruits have said that al Qaeda is racist against black members from West Africa because they are only used in lower level operations."

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