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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Agent Storm’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW:How a former Western jihadi renounced terrorism

By Joshua Sinai - The Washington Times

**FILE** German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (right) salutes a huge crowd July 31, 1938, at a sports meeting in Breslau, Germany. (Associated Press)

FEIN: Not the president of the world

By Bruce Fein

In this undated file image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center, File)

2016 hopefuls weigh in on Obama’s strategy against Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Text of Obama’s speech

By White House - The Washington Times

New Jersey employs a system called Public Safety Assessment to help judge's determine which defendants should be granted bail. Advocates say the algorithm PSA depends on eliminates racial bias from the process. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. transfers 2 Yemenis held in Bagram prison

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemen-Saudi border post comes under fire; al Qaeda suspected in attack that killed two

The Washington Times

Passengers queue at the security checkpoint at the Rhein-Main airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday July 3, 2014. U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. There is no indication that such a bomb has been created or that there's a specific threat to the U.S., but the Obama administration on Wednesday called for tighter security measures at foreign airports that have direct flights to the U.S. (AP Photo/dpa,Frank Rumpenhorst)

What’s behind the new airport security measures

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** The entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center, which President Barack Obama has pledged to close amid opposition in Congress, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Saturday, June 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

Gitmo inmate with hope for ‘milk and honey farm’ makes release list

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Yemen army says kills top al-Qaida militant

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A Yemeni soldier, left, wears a placard with Arabic writing that reads,&quot;together against the violence and terrorism,&quot; as he stands with others during a rally to mark the anniversary of a bomb attack at a parade square that killed Yemeni troops, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

15 militants, 10 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2004 file photo, Muslim cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa arrives with a masked bodyguard to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. The 55-year-old Egyptian cleric, who also goes by the alias Abu Hamza al-Masri, was found guilty on Monday, May 19, 2014 in federal court in New York of providing material support to terrorist organizations. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)

NY jurors follow facts to London imam’s conviction

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2004 file photo, Muslim cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa arrives with a masked bodyguard to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. The 55-year-old Egyptian cleric, who also goes by the alias Abu Hamza al-Masri, was found guilty on Monday, May 19, 2014 in federal court in New York of providing material support to terrorist organizations. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)

London cleric convicted in New York terror trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, right, is seated with al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)

Mastermind behind al Qaeda’s first attack on U.S. now a security official in Yemen

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

NY prosecutor: London imam lied about terror links

Associated Press

A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 12, 2014. A suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed seveal al-Qaida militants on Monday, military and security officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Fighting between Yemen army and al-Qaida kills 42

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

At NY trial, prosecutor vs. combative London imam

Associated Press

Yemeni soldiers stand guard on the rooftop of a state security court during a trial of suspected al Qaeda militants in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. A Yemen security official said an explosion Sunday in the province of Bayda had killed at least 13 suspected al Qaeda militants. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.S. drone strike kills 6 al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Islamic cleric testifies he wanted to aid hostages

Associated Press

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmad, center left, inspects the troops at areas seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Yemen: U.S. drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press