To Christian Evangelicals, take WARNING of an unrolling active measures effort directed at American Christians with a sense of national pride: you’re targeted for a dislocating attack. To my non-evangelical Christian friends, do not be fooled. This should not happen in America. “Divide and conquer.” These are the days when Niemöller’s words are…
The following was written on 6 January 2004 by Stephen Coughlin when he was working at the National Military Command Center while also a student at the Joint Military Intelligence College (known today as the National Intelligence University): – The “Draft” Afghan Constitution (“Constitution”) exposes any future Afghan government to substantial vulnerability in the form…
Stephen Coughlin wrote this report in 2010: Introduction When the postmortems on the War on Terror (WOT) are written, among the issues in need of redress will be the destruction of strategic thinking and its replacement by fictions in the form of academic models or scripted war games that systematically admit only those facts that…
By Stephen Coughlin In the world of ISIS jihadis, there are no forms to fill out to send in a check to get a membership card. This is not the Sierra Club. When ISIS declared to its target audience of followers in the West that this year’s Ramadan (June 5-July 5, 2016) would be a…
Former US Navy Officer and SEAL Matthew Bracken has thrown down the gauntlet to professionals in our government and the military who purport to be guardians of our national security: Ten Arabic Words: A challenge to national security professionals engaged in the Global War On Terror by Matthew Bracken If you are a politically-correct bliss-ninny…
“In any broad sense, Islamic law offers the American lawyer a study in dramatic contrasts. Even casual acquaintance and superficial knowledge – all that most of us at bench or bar will be able to acquire – reveal that its striking features relative to our law are not likenesses but inconsistencies, not similarities but contrarieties.…
Stephen Coughlin talks about President Obama’s remarks outlining his plan to defeat ISIS, ISIS being emboldened by the U.S.’ current strategy to defeat them, Ideological evidence that proves ISIS is acting under Islamic Law, and Dangers of speaking out against Sharia law in the United States on Secure Freedom Radio, July 8, 2015. Background: President…
By Patrick Poole Going back to 2007, I’ve reported on the growing problem of terror recruitment in the Twin Cities, particularly in the Somali community there. In December 2007 I reported on PJ Media on a well-attended terror fundraiser held in a prominent hotel in downtown Minneapolis that Homeland Security was warned about, but did…
From the Center for Security Policy’s Panel: Benghazi: US Foreign Policy and the Influence of Shariah Doctrine, November 2012.
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.