National Security Expert: U.S. Foreign Policy Leaders ‘Have Lost The Ability To Think’
Stephen Coughlin was interviewed about his new book on Daily Caller’s Leaders with Ginni Thomas.
Radicalism in Ohio
Police in Ohio arrested a 20-year-old Ohio man who they say was plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack against the U.S. Capitol building. It’s a story made more shocking by the fact that by all accounts, he was considered an “all-American kid” until recently. So how did this happen? For The Record executive producer Joe Weasel…
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Lone Wolves or Known Wolves?
On this week’s edition of The Watchman, we sit down with terrorism expert Patrick Poole to discuss the “known wolf” phenomenon in Western jihadi attacks. February 25, 2015
Islamic subversion of the US government
Stephen Coughlin discusses the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Civilization Jihad” document and their influence in the US government.
Blind to Terror: Govt’s Disastrous Muslim Outreach Efforts
Why has the U.S. government called certain Islamic groups supporters of terror in federal court, and then turned around and called these same organizations “moderates” and embraced them as outreach partners? In a number of cases from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, the leaders of these organizations (some of whom are now in federal…
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Rise of Jihadist Attacks and the Fallacy of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorist
The tragic attacks in Paris have been a disturbing climax to a consistent trend of violent attacks from radical Islamic terrorists. Preceding the events in Paris was a string of violent actions in just the past few months which included the murder of a soldier in Canada, the hostage situation in Australia, and the beheading…
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5 Key Implications if Baghdad Falls to ISIS
By Patrick Poole, October 2014 Reports that ISIS has surrounded Baghdad and is quickly closing in on the Baghdad International Airport (armed with MANPADS, no less) are troubling. Baghdad itself has been rocked by a series of VBIED attacks in the past 24 hours by ISIS, indicating that the battle for Baghdad has begun. The…
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Steven Coughlin Remarks on the Benghazi Embassy Cover Up
From the Center for Security Policy’s Panel: Benghazi: US Foreign Policy and the Influence of Shariah Doctrine, November 2012.
Benghazi: US Foreign Policy and the Influence of Shariah Doctrine
Three of America’s top experts on the shariah doctrinal threat to national security. Stephen Coughlin, Dr. Andrew Bostom and Diana West, were joined by Frank Gaffney to discuss, “Benghazi: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Influence of Shariah Doctrine” at Hillsdale College in Washington, DC, November 13, 2012, presented by the Center for Security Policy.
Who’s Innocent, According to Shariah?
Muslim Brotherhood front groups and their apologists never tire of pointing out the strict Koranic injunctions against killing innocents. This is, of course, dissembling. In a rare radio interview, Major Stephen Coughlin (expert in Islamic law and former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff) tackles an issue of the utmost importance: who is innocent…
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Coughlin for Beginners
By Jeffrey Breinholt, CounterterrorismBlog.org, Major Steve Coughlin has been in the news lately. Little of the attention has focused on his ideas, rather than the intrigue surrounding the non-renewal of his contact as a briefer for the Joint Chiefs of Staffs, supposedly because he violated the sensibilities of the current climate. Meanwhile, his 300-page master’s…
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Political Correctness & Willful Blindness Hinders FBI Terror Investigations
Patrick Poole appeared on Fox News with Neil Cavuto to discuss failures of the FBI when it comes to counterterrorism. April 24, 2013.
10 Failures on the Domestic Islamist Threat
Terrorism analyst Patrick Poole talks about his paper: “10 Failures of the US Government on the Domestic Islamist Threat.” (pdf)
On the Ground in Egypt: Patrick Poole and Stephen Coughlin
Patrick Poole and Stephen Coughlin spoke at a Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill on Friday, 9 May, 2014.
Steve Coughlin’s Speech on Jihad and Islam for Freedom Defense Initiative
Stephen Coughlin spoke at the Freedom Defense Initiative inaugural event in Washington, DC on February 19, 2010. His presentation was called, “America at a Crossroads.”
Stephen Coughlin questions members of the OIC Human Rights Committee
Stephen Coughlin questions members of the OIC Human Rights Committee in Washington, DC, December 13, 2012.
Lectures on National Security & Counterterror Analysis
Over more than a decade following 9/11, Stephen Coughlin was one of the US government’s most astute and objective analysts, and an expert in the connections between Islamic law, terrorism and the jihadist movement around the globe. Through knowledge of published Islamic law, Coughlin had an demonstrated ability to forecast events both in the Middle…
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To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad
To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad is the unclassified thesis submitted by Major Stephen Coughlin, Military Intelligence, USAR, NDIC Class 2007 to the faculty of the National Defense Intelligence College in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence, July 2007. CONTENTS Chapter One…
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