The inaction of the West has prompted Muslims from across the globe to make the treacherous journey to Syria to join the even more dangerous civil war that has been waged for almost two years. 12,000 fighters have flooded Syria, more even than went to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, have created a violent reaction in western nations known as ‘blowback’…
Read MoreAli Soufan Quoted: Alleged Al-Qaeda Operative Captured In Libya Was Among Terrorist Organization’s Early Elite
During al-Qaeda’s early years in the 1990s, when Osama bin Laden ran the terrorist group out of Sudan, a young Libyan man who was part of his country’s besieged diaspora of Islamists used his advanced computer skills to rise to the top of the organization long before it emerged as a global menace….
Read MoreDon Borelli’s House Committee on Foreign Affairs Testimony on Al-Shabab
On October 3, 2013 The Soufan Group’s COO, Don Borelli, testified at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs al-Shabab hearing….
Read MoreAli Soufan Quoted: Syria’s War Viewed Almost in Real Time
In one video, two men in jeans and hoodies take a rocket tube to a rooftop and fire it. From another angle, we see three Syrian tanks in a row. The middle one takes a huge hit, emits a sheet of orange flame and burns away; a smoldering figure jumps from the tank and runs off as bullets smack the ground around him…
Read MoreRichard Barrett on Consider This: Should The NSA’s Ability To Unscramble Encryption Be Public Knowledge?
The New York Times, the Guardian, and ProPublica reported on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Richard Barrett, former MI6 counterterrorism chief, Matthew Green, a cryptography researcher at Johns Hopkins University, and Jeff Larson, a reporter for ProPublica who co-wrote the latest article on the NSA’s online security projects, join Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss the new revelations.
Read MoreDon Borelli on CNN Starting Point: With Snowden in Hiding, House to Hear About Secret Surveillance Programs
Washington (CNN) — The entire House of Representatives will get its first briefing Tuesday on the government’s recently revealed top secret surveillance programs, while the man behind the leaks continues to hide out, presumably in Hong Kong…
Read MoreAli Soufan Featured in HBO Documentary Film: Manhunt
For more than two decades, he was the target of intense scrutiny, with an entire unit at the CIA dedicated to tracking his every move and trying to determine what violence he might perpetrate. When 9/11 confirmed Osama bin Laden’s intentions, these same analysts and operatives were now blamed for…
Read MoreRobert McFadden on Happening Now (Fox News): Assessing Key Evidence in Boston Bombing
Robert McFadden, Senior Vice President of The Soufan Group sits down with Lara Spencer to discuss what are investigators focusing on.
Read MoreMichel Martin Speaks with Don Borelli, Former Terror Expert: ‘Very Confident’ Boston Marathon Bombing Case Will Be Solved
Investigators are following every lead after yesterday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon. Host Michel Martin speaks with Don Borelli, a former FBI special agent on terrorism, to hear how investigators piece together a crime like this, and determine who is responsible…
Read MoreAli Soufan Interviewed: Amanpour CNN: The Story Behind the Bomb Plots
An al Qaeda plot, hatched in Yemen, to blow up a commercial aircraft over United States air space was exposed by the CIA, but many questions remain unanswered. Ali Soufan, former FBI counter terrorist agent and leading expert on al Qaeda in Yemen, appeared exclusively on Amanpour Tuesday. His unique insights help provide the story behind the story…
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