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Featured Update · September 2026
Hamza bin Laden Was Declared Dead. Al-Qaeda Just Put Him Back on Camera.
I warned years ago that Hamza bin Laden survived the operation in which the U.S. government said he was killed. On September 10, al-Qaeda released footage of Hamza recorded in Kandahar on August 13, 2021, two years after that announcement.
This is not a new assessment. The new release gives readers a chance to follow the reporting trail from the earlier investigation to what al-Qaeda is showing us now.
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CNN via Getty ImagesThe Daily Wire · Analysis
The 9/11 Files Show America Heard The Warning And Missed The War
Newly declassified 9/11 files show that warnings about Osama bin Laden and attacks inside the U.S. were reaching the highest levels of government years…
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Hasib Panjshiri · Wikimedia Commons / CC0Afghanistan International · Investigation
Inside the Taliban Intelligence Operation That Killed Hasib Panjshiri
A reconstruction of the Taliban intelligence operation that penetrated resistance contacts, tracked Hasib Panjshiri’s movement, and led to the August 20 ambush in Salang.
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SOFREP / Telegram channel ASTRA via Kyiv PostSOFREP · Analysis
Ukraine’s Spy Agencies Just Started Shooting at Each Other
A shootout between Ukraine’s SBU and military intelligence exposed something more dangerous than bureaucratic rivalry: a breakdown in operational deconfliction during an active intelligence…
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Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe Daily Wire · Analysis
Congress Just Admitted A Key 9/11 Security Gap Remains
Twenty-five years after 9/11, one of the border-security reforms recommended by the 9/11 Commission remains unfinished: a comprehensive biometric entry-exit system.
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Nazar Abbas Photography via Getty ImagesThe Daily Wire · Analysis
The Next School Shooter May Have A Secret Assistant
Artificial intelligence is beginning to appear in school attacks and disrupted plots involving young people. The question is when scattered online behavior becomes a…
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Image: Daily WireThe Daily Wire · Investigation
The Terrorist On Campus
A convicted ISIS supporter returned to Old Dominion University after federal prison. The university never knew his terrorism history until after he attacked an…
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Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesIn Print · The National Desk / Local 12
Former CIA Officer Warns U.S. Shift Leaves Gaps as Al-Qaida Regroups in Afghanistan
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Sarah Adams discusses the danger of counterterrorism gaps as U.S. attention shifts toward great-power competition and al-Qaida rebuilds in Afghanistan.
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Interview · The European Conservative
Syria’s Al-Qaeda-Linked Regime Targets Kurds in Ethnic Cleansing
An analysis featuring Sarah Adams on the actors, networks, and warning signs surrounding violence against Kurdish communities in Syria.
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Sources: Taliban May Have Set Up Former Afghan Intel Officer
John Rossomando quotes Sarah Adams regarding Jaan Shah Safi, Taliban intelligence reporting to the United States, ISKP, and the danger of Taliban disinformation.
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Benghazi, Libya · NASA/Chris WilliamsIn Print · ClearanceJobs
Know Thy Enemy: Former CIA Members Seeking Justice for Benghazi
An interview with Sarah Adams and Dave Benton about the investigation behind Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy and the continuing search for accountability.
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