Videos

The International Spy Museum hosted a conversation with terrorism specialists and a U.S. citizen and former al-Qaeda member, Bryant Neal Vinas. The panelists talked about how terrorist netwo…

Richard Miniter talked about his biography of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed at the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. He contends that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was the brains behind al Qaeda’s deadliest …

Fred Burton, former deputy chief of the Counterterrorism Division of the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, talked about the assassination of his neighbor, Israeli assistant air…

Angel Rabasa and William Rosenau talked about al-Qaeda’s evolution and the emergence of groups affiliated, associated, or inspired by al-Qaeda. They are contributors to the two-volume RAND C…

Farhana Ali talked about Muslim female fighters. She has charted an increase in suicide attacks by Muslim women since at least 2000 and in new theaters of operation including Uzbekistan, Egy…

Albert Borowitz and Marc Sageman, who have written books about terrorism, discussed the motivation behind terrorist acts. Mr. Borowitz used Greek literature to explain that terrorism is trig…

Timothy Naftali talked about his book, Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism, published by Basic Books. In the book he writes that following World War II, the United S…

Retired General Gazit, former head of Israeli military intelligence, talked about current intelligence issues in the Middle East. Topics included Massad (Israeli intelligence), Egyptian inte…