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In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo, Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing the body of a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria. The U.S. said the military launched an airstrike Saturday, June 13, 2015, targeting an al Qaeda leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 35 hostages, including three Americans. The Libyan government and U.S. officials said warplanes targeted and likely killed Mokhtar BelMokhtar and several others. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, File)

U.S. targets al-Qaeda-linked leader in Libya; unclear if hit

By Sarah El Deeb and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo, Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing the body of a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria. The U.S. said the military launched an airstrike Saturday, June 13, 2015, targeting an al Qaeda leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 35 hostages, including three Americans. The Libyan government and U.S. officials said warplanes targeted and likely killed Mokhtar BelMokhtar and several others. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, File)

Al Qaeda leader in Libya presumed dead in U.S. strike: Pentagon

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton speaks to attendees during a session of the annual gathering of the Clinton Global Initiative America, at the Sheraton Downtown, in Denver, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. CGI America's stated strategy is to bring together leaders from the business and philanthropic communities, along with the non-governmental and government sectors, seeking solutions for economic growth, long-term competitiveness, and social mobility in the United States. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Clinton administration bankrupted CIA ahead of 9/11, ex-director says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Inside the Ring: Muslim Brotherhood has Obama’s secret support

By Bill Gertz

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama let the Islamic State grow

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

****COPYRIGHT CLAIM****FILE - This is an undated file photo of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. Say you're sorry. That's what the Pakistani government says it wants from the United States in order to jump-start a number of initiatives between the two countries that would help the hunt for al Qaeda in Pakistan and smooth the end of the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan wants the U.S. to apologize for a border incident in November 2011 in which the U.S. killed 24 Pakistani troops in an airstrike. The Pakistanis have put the apology at the top of a long list of demands to address what they see as insults to national pride and sovereignty _ from the Navy SEAL raid onto Pakistani territory last year that killed Osama bin Laden to the steady U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani territory. (AP Photo, File)

Osama bin Laden seen as isolated, frustrated in documents

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Korean Air Airbus A380 (bottom left) is on display with other aircraft at the 49th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris on Monday, June 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Inside the Ring: Paris Air Show targeted by terrorists, spies

By Bill Gertz

President Barack Obama, accompanied by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, in this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Obama, Hillary Clinton Benghazi narrative rebutted by Defense Department report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

More than 140,000 Iraqi civilians have fled Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, located 70 miles west of Baghdad as Islamic State militants searched door to door for policemen and pro-government fighters and then threw their bodies in the Euphrates River in a bloody purge Monday. (Associated Press)

Islamic State’s Ramadi rout shows U.S. troops needed in Iraq, military experts say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, poses for a portrait in Washington on Nov. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rob O’Neill, Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, calls Seymour Hersh piece ‘a comedy’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda adapts, grows stronger in the face of Islamic State successes

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan in this Jan. 31, 2010, file photo. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it’s acceptable for the U.S. to use unmanned aerial drones to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Americans approve of drone strikes on terrorists, AP poll says

By Ken Dilanian and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

MICHAEL HAYDEN: Drones work — ask al Qaeda

By Mike Hayden

FILE - In this March 10, 2015 file photo, The Inspire 1, a drone manufactured by DJI, is flown in Davenport, Calif. Mexico published rules governing the use of drones on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, allowing people to operate the smallest drones in daylight without a permit but with safety rules. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

BRUCE FEIN: The case against predator drones

By Bruce Fein

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom 15th Annual Spring Kick Off, in Waukee, Iowa, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Rand Paul: ‘I do think that there is a valuable use for drones’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Flowers and ribbons adorn a tree outside the Weinstein familyhouse in Rockville, Md., Thursday, April 23, 2015. Earlier, President Barack Obama took full responsibility for the counterterror missions and offered his &quot;grief and condolences&quot; to the families of the hostages, Warren Weinstein of Rockville, Maryland, and Giovanni Lo Porto who were inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes early this year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

KIM HOLMES: Lethal autonomous weapon system ban no solution to civilian war casualties

By Kim R. Holmes

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain has announced he will run for re-election in 2016. The Arizona Republican made the announcement to run for a sixth term on Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John McCain, John Kasich call for change in CIA drone program after hostage-killing attack

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's (ODNI) 10th anniversary at ODNI headquarters in McLean, Va., Friday, April 24, 2015. The president told members of the intelligence community that he appreciates their service and understands they don't take their work lightly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: ‘We welcome those questions’ about U.S. intelligence operations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al Qaeda, was the first American to be charged with treason in 50 years. Gadahn was killed in January by an U.S. drone strike, the White House confirmed. (SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP)

U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan kills top American in al Qaeda

By Christopher White — The Washington Times - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2015. The president took full responsibility for deaths of American, Italian hostages, expresses apologies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Failed U.S. counterterror strike on al Qaeda kills two hostages, including one American

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times