The Obama administration has framed its defense of the controversial bulk collection of all American phone records as necessary to prevent a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
There is no hint that Trump wishes to engage in or to foment violence against the enemies, such as immigrants, he has… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS during his attack, the worst terror attack on American soil since 9/11. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The American incarceration of Sheikh Rahman was a hot-button issue for al Qaeda for many years. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
In short, the hunt for bin Laden could not have been accomplished without every form of American intelligence-gathering. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
American jihadists are generally motivated by a mix of factors, including dislike of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Trump displays many of the traits of a proto-fascist, and he is also part of a wave of right-wing nationalist movements that… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Osama bin Laden fervently hoped that attacking the United States would create pressure on American leaders to reduce their support for Middle… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
McMaster, 54, is the smartest and most capable military officer of his generation, one who has not only led American victories on… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 attacks, no one could have imagined this… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
ISIS' key social media-encrypted platform is Telegram, which is engineered by a Berlin-based tech company that can simply ignore the rulings of… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
A little exposure to a city like Sulaimani will help Trump understand that the Middle East is a much more complex place… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
European countries simply do not have the ideological framework the United States has in the shape of the 'American dream' that has… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Bannon should never have had a permanent seat on the NSC, as he is a political operative, and the NSC has traditionally… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Sheikh Rahman's fatwa was the first time that anyone associated with al Qaeda had given religious sanction to attacks on American aviation,… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
It is in Pakistan's own interest that the Afghan army is able to fight effectively against the Taliban, which is more likely… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
It is in American and Afghan interests for the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan so it doesn't turn into Iraq circa 2014,… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
One only has to look at the debacle that has unfolded in Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11 has been carried out by an American citizen or a legal permanent… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
An intelligence officer and historian, Rayburn published a 2014 book, 'Iraq After America,' which is a must-read for anyone who wants to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The reason that attacks by American terrorists who are not jihadist militants are sometimes not called 'terrorism' is, in part, because in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
What made al-Awlaki so influential is that, unlike a number of leaders of al Qaeda such as Osama bin Laden, he was… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret anyway. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
Abedi appears to be one of the many thousands of Western Muslims who have embraced militant Islam, often as a way of trying to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
Trump has claimed he knows more about ISIS than America's leading generals. Clearly, this is also total nonsense; he doesn't seem to have done… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
If you don't understand what al Qaeda was trying to do on 9/11, if you don't have a sense of who Osama bin Laden… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
The reality is that Trump's focus on immigrants is to misconceive of the terrorist problem that exists in the United States. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
ISIS despises the Russian government for its support of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and so it's no surprise that ISIS began targeting Russia… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
Keeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is a wise… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and bin Laden… — Peter Bergen Copy Share
Because 9/11 was carried out by 19 foreign-born Arab hijackers, many assume that all terrorists who attack the West are foreigners. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
I was the only outsider to visit the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden lived before the Pakistani military demolished it. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
