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April 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s New Move to Target Antifa Alarms Counterterrorism Experts
President Trump is looking to suppress all resistance.
March 19, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ex-Counterterrorism Head Tells Tucker Carlson Why He Quit Over Iran
Joe Kent insisted that Iran was not close to creating a nuclear weapon, either in February or in June 2025.
March 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Caught Off Guard by How Official Quit in Protest Over Iran
The White House knew Joe Kent was going to resign as head of counterterrorism, just not how he planned to do it.
March 17, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“Crazed Egomaniac”: Trump Team Turns on Official Who Quit Over Iran
Donald Trump’s allies have already launched a smear campaign against the counterterrorism official who quit in protest.
July 31, 2025
Edith Olmsted
A Far-Right Extremist is Running the National Counterterrorism Center
Thanks, of course, to Senate Republicans, who appointed Joe Kent to the influential position on Thursday.
February 4, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Pick to Lead Counterterrorism Is a White Supremacist Dream
Donald Trump has picked Joe Kent to head the National Counterterrorism Center.
November 1, 2017
Sarah A. Harvard
Emmanuel Macron’s Anti-Terror Law Is a Throwback to the Bad Days of Colonialism
France has codified draconian security measures that echo some of its worst historical crimes.
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Obama backs gun control as a counter-terrorism strategy.
March 24, 2015
John Knefel
The FBI Keeps Arresting Hapless Jihadi Fanboys and Calling Them ISIS Recruits
June 25, 2014
Aki Peritz
The Jihadis Who've Flocked to Syria Really Might be in Madrid or Milwaukee Before Long
The frightening logic of "bleedout"
September 19, 2013
Jane Harman
Done Right, Security and Liberty Should Reinforce Each Other. And Here's How to Do It Right.
June 7, 2013
Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Against Our Values—And Bad at Keeping Us Safe
The real problem with data mining
May 1, 2013
Jack Goldsmith
How Obama Undermined the War on Terror
The President promised not to undercut the rule of law for expedience's sake. He did. Now we face the consequences.
March 15, 2004
Michael Crowley
Playing Defense
Bush's disastrous Homeland Security Department.
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