Daniel L. Byman

A general view of Kabul, following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Sherpur area, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Al-Qaida lost its leader, but are Americans any safer?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, August 5, 2022

Members of the FBI and Buffalo Police Department collect evidence at the scene of a shooting at a TOPS supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The global roots of the Buffalo shooting

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, May 16, 2022

Bereaved families mourn the victims of the terrorist attack at the site of the World Trade Center Building in New York, United States of America on September 11, 2021, 20th anniversary of 9/11 multiple acts of terror. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

2021 saw plenty of violence — but no mass terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A Taliban fighter holding an M16 assault rifle stands outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021.REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Will Afghanistan become a terrorist safe haven again?

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

FBI Director Louis Freeh has had the Khobar Towers bombing case reassignedto federal prosecutors in Virginia, over strong objections from U.S.Attorney Wilma Lewis, according to reports in both U.S. News and WorldReport, and Time magazine published on March 23, 2001. U.S. News said Freehtook the unusual step of reassigning the case because he had grownfrustrated by missteps in the investigation of the bombing of the U.S.military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemembers. The complex is shown after the June, 1996 attack. REUTERS/Dept.RC/SV

The deadly legacy of Khobar Towers

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Tear gas at the Capitol on January 6, 2021

Carnage comes to the Capitol

Daniel L. Byman and Colin P. Clarke

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Police officers stand guard as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The security threat hiding in plain sight

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, January 7, 2021

A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Pete Musico (R) who was charged October 8, 2020 for his involvement in a plot to kidnap the Michigan governor, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stands in front of the Governors office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald

Election violence in the United States is a clear and present danger

Daniel L. Byman and Colin Clarke

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo February 11, 2011. Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman said on Friday that Mubarak had bowed to pressure from the street and had resigned, handing power to the army, he said in a televised statement. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

For the Middle East, the Arab Spring was a rare chance to control its own fate

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, June 26, 2020

Undated photo of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's Quds Force, in the area of Aleppo, Syria. He was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport, on January 2, 2020. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use France Digital. No Use France Print.

Iran can find a new Soleimani

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 6, 2020