RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst for ClarionProject.orgAnti-tax activist Grover Norquist's ties to Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-American civil rights activist indicted on terrorism chargesAl-Arian's efforts to pressure the George W. Bush administration to turn national security manners into issues of civil rightsNefarious dealings of an organization stared by Norquist, the Islamic Free Market InstituteA warning from an FBI informant that the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a major financier...
RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst for ClarionProject.org
- Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist's ties to Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-American civil rights activist indicted on terrorism charges
- Al-Arian's efforts to pressure the George W. Bush administration to turn national security manners into issues of civil rights
- Nefarious dealings of an organization stared by Norquist, the Islamic Free Market Institute
- A warning from an FBI informant that the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a major financier of Al-Arian’s dealings, was attempting to infiltrate the U.S. government
DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character:
- Dutch politician Geert Wilders' campaign to prevent the “Islamization” of his native Netherlands and the rest of Europe
- Shariah law's advancement into Western civil liberties
- Is Islam expansionist, according to its authoritative text and history?
- Will Wilders be prosecuted for his recent comments in Vienna?
JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy, and former Army Special Operations officer:
- Conflicting accounts from Washington and Tehran regarding the nuclear "agreement" framework
- Lessons from Bill Clinton's failed deal with North Korea
- The futility of inspections via the IAEA
- The worldwide reach of the Global Jihad Movement in Africa
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN, Research Fellow and lead analyst on al-Qaeda for the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project:
- Yemen’s transition from “managed chaos” to civil war seen in the post-Arab Spring political marginalization of the al-Houthi group
- Funding, weapon shipments, allegations of military training, and on-the-ground advisors given to the Houthi rebels from Tehran
- Yemen’s strategic position on the Red Sea and, from there, the Suez Canal
- How the Sunni Arab Gulf Coalition and Shia Iran are using the conflict in Yemen to expand the greater sectarian war in the Middle East
- Limited U.S. options going forward in the Arabian Peninsula
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