Content tagged with “Terrorism”
“We are safer than we've ever been,” Transportation Security Agency Administrator John Pistole told ABC "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran at the Aspen Security Forum, while cautioning that the...
Tags: Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Transportation, TSA, 2012 Aspen Security Forum The international community has ratcheted up pressure on Lebanese banks for alleged involvement in money laundering activities and helping Iran and Syria evade international sanctions. This week, the...
Tags: Terrorism, Banking, Security, Treasury A terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda was uncovered in the ranks of the Lebanese Army this week, raising questions about the command of the army at a critical time in Lebanon and the region. The...
Tags: Terrorism, Congress, Religious Tolerance, Al Qaeda Political leaders from the opposing March 8 and March 14 factions clashed this week over the presence of Al Qaeda-affiliated groups in the country. Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn declared that...
Tags: Terrorism, Al Qaeda U.S. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Daniel Glaser arrived in Beirut today to discuss Lebanon's adherence to international sanctions on the Syrian regime. Since the start of the Syrian...
Tags: Terrorism, Lebanon, Syria, sanctions, Banks, smuggling Marc A. Thiessen: “CIA Interrogations, the Bin Laden Operation, and the Next Attack” A member of the White House senior staff under President George W. Bush, Marc A. Thiessen served as chief...
Tags: Defense Policy, Terrorism The killing of al Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden has taken the world by storm and attracted mixed reactions across the Muslim world. In Lebanon, the overwhelming majority expressed relief at the...
Tags: Terrorism, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Osama bin Laden, Fatah al-Islam, Islamism, Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt The United States is cracking down on Hezbollah operatives and its financial providers worldwide. After the Treasury Department blacklisted Lebanon's eighth largest bank on claims of money laundering...
Tags: Terrorism, Hezbollah, Banking CNN analyst and terrorism expert Peter Bergen discusses his new book The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al Qaeda with Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program Director Clark...
Tags: Homeland Security, Terrorism, Peter Bergen, Clark Ervin 
