Opening arguments begin today in the long-awaited terrorism trial of fired University of South Florida computer science professor Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants. We’ll be learning a lot about the feds’ decade-long surveillance of the alleged Jihadi supporters, through wiretaps and other evidence-gathering that began under the Clinton administration, but was inaccessible to prosecutors until […]

Campus Watch.

Breaking via AP: Tampa, FL — A former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on several charges Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the other counts. The case against Sami Al-Arian, 47, had been seen as one of the biggest courtroom tests […]

Photo via @noainny Steve Emerson’s vigilant Investigative Project is out with a new report today on President Obama’s radical Muslim visitors. Read how the jihadi-coddling administration rolled out the red carpet here. As the report rightly concludes: “Outreach to minority communities can foster a feeling of inclusiveness. However, President Obama opening the White House to […]

Photo via @noainny Who Is White House visitor Hisham Altalib? by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 On Friday, March 30, 2012, Hisham Y. Altalib visited the White House. According to visitor logs, Altalib was received by Joshua DuBois, the director of President Obama’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Four days later, White House […]

Scroll for updates…GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio of Florida condemns civilian trials for terrorists… Today is the opening of the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) — the storied annual gathering of the Right. As I noted the other day, it’s also the season for a bumper crop of conservative manifestos, action plans, and ideological contracts. […]

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GOP insiders and party activists are excited about today’s RNC chairman debate hosted by Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform. Norquist will moderate the debate beginning at 1pm Eastern this afternoon at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The event will be broadcast on C-SPAN and streamed at RNCDebate.org. And lots of conservative […]

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A federal grand jury in Tampa is asking for DNA and hair samples from one of the alleged Pipe Bomb Boys.

Tracing the social network of Yousef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed.

Item one: Frank Gaffney sounds the alarm again about jihadi-friendly figures in the conservative movement. Item two: ABC reports, “Accused Terrorist Is Big GOP Donor,” while the National Republican Congressional Committee refuses to say what it will do with his $15,250 in donations. Here, let me help: Give. It. Back. Duh. Reader Steve L. writes: […]

Winds of Change brings you its weekly Monday briefing of of insights, news and trends from the global War on Terror. Make it a regular read. AJ Strata weighs in on Iran’s nuclear game. Scott Johnson at Power Line covers the Netanya mall suicide bombing. Lorenzo Vidino at The Counterterrorism Blog looks at Western female […]

The terrorism-conspiracy trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian has received virtually no coverage in the national MSM. A Florida jury resumes deliberations today on whether Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants are guilty of raising money to support the mission of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group. Debbie Schlussel suspects […]

Ben Johnson at FrontPageMag raises troubling questions about the imam selected to represent Muslims at President Reagan’s funeral today. Excerpt: Magid, who was born and educated in the Sudan, is the Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS). ADAMS has numerous close affiliations with the main targets of “Operation Green Quest,” “the largest […]