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CIA Director John Brennan believes al Qaeda remains a worldwide dangerous threat despite the rise of the Islamic State terrorist army. (Associated Press)

John Brennan, CIA director, says al Qaeda still major threat despite Islamic State’s rise

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Ayman Al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda leader, calls for lone-wolf attacks in U.S., unity among terrorists

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this May 5, 2014, file photo, Microsoft co-founder and Berkshire Hathaway board member Bill Gates speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on the Fox Business Network in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Al Qaeda calls for attacks on Koch brothers, Gates, Buffett, Bloomberg

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a memorial service Thursday as the nation marks the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (Associated Press)

U.S. Special Operations Command, obscure before 9/11, on front lines in war on terror

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, with CIA Director John Brennan, center, and FBI Director James Comey, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on cyberthreats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FBI, CIA, NSA all say no 9/11 terror threat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Aug. 12, 2015, file photo, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond delivers his speech at Peking University in Beijing. Hammond confirmed the release of a British hostage, Douglas Robert Semple, by UAE forces in a military intelligence operation on Sunday, Aug. 23. &quot;The British national is safe and well, and is receiving support from British government officials,&quot; said Hammond. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

UAE army frees British hostage as al-Qaida expands in Yemen

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. **FILE**

Islamic State building up for mass-casualty attacks, competing with al Qaeda for recruits, intel

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Militiamen loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ride on an army vehicle on a street in Aden, Yemen, on March 20, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels, backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have seized the third-largest city after capturing the capital Sanaa in September, effectively splitting the country in half and hindering U.S. efforts to combat a powerful local al Qaeda affiliate. Hadi, a close U.S. ally, fled house arrest in Sanaa last month and has set up a base in the port city of Aden, the former capital of the once-independent south. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Al Qaeda lauds lone-wolf attacks in Chattanooga, Garland, Texas, calls for more

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Obama said the U.S. and its allies have made significant progress in halting the advance of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, through Iraq and Syria. Now, he wants the blessing of Congress to finish the job. (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Obama-neocons are useful idiots to al Qaeda, ISIS

By Bruce Fein

This picture taken on Friday, July 31, 2015, shows the debris of the Embraer Phenom 300 jet that crashed near the end of the runway of Blackbushe Airport, while trying to land at the airfield about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of London. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP)

3 bin Ladens killed in England plane crash, U.K. police confirm

By Jon Gambrell and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Head of al Qaeda suicide operations killed in U.S. airstrike

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a night mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Val Gempis) ** FILE **

Abu Khalil Al-Sudani, senior al Qaeda commander, killed in U.S. airstrike, Ashton Carter says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Muhsin al-Fadhli (U.S. State Department)

Muhsin al-Fadhli, top al Qaeda operative, killed in airstrike: Pentagon

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World’

By Ken Allard

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, a CIA is seen in Atlanta. When the CIA killed al-Qaida’s second-in-command in Yemen last month, Obama administration officials celebrated. But many experts are questioning whether the demise of another senior extremist, the latest in a long line of militants to be taken off the battlefield, make the United States and its allies any safer from terrorism. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Obama’s counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which tracks Islamic extremists' social media, has quoted some Islamic State fighters as praising Edward Snowden, the self-proclaimed whistleblower who released volumes of documents on how the U.S. tracks and listens to terrorists. (Associated Press)

Islamic State uses downloadable apps to hide attack plans, recruit followers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

"Department of Defense Law of War Manual."

New Pentagon manual declares journalists can be enemy combatants

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This image from video released Jan. 23, 2009, by al-Malahim Media Foundation and provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 30, 2009, shows the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, identified by the IntelCenter as Nasir al-Wahishi, in Yemen. Al-Qaida on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 confirmed that al-Wahishi, its No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. (IntelCenter via AP, File)

Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen drone strike

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

This image from video released Jan. 23, 2009, by al-Malahim Media Foundation and provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 30, 2009, shows the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, identified by the IntelCenter as Nasir al-Wahishi, in Yemen. Al Qaeda on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, confirmed that al-Wahishi, its No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. (IntelCenter via AP, File)

Al Qaeda confirms U.S. strike killed leader of Yemen affiliate

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Nasir al-Wuhayshi, al Qaeda's No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. In question now is who is going to fill his role. (Associated Press)

Nasir al-Wuhayshi death by U.S. drone strike creates al Qaeda global leadership gap

By Guy Taylor and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times