The forthcoming book by journalist Todd Bensman, AMERICA’S COVERT BORDER WAR, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever else books are sold. This 13-year work of journalism explores one of the most politically powerful - and therefore nationally contentious - threat notions to ever have arisen about the American southern border: that Islamic jihadists might steal over the frontier through Mexico and harm the … [Read More...] about Pre-Order Forthcoming Book “America’s Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration”
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Securing America’s Borders
Iranian Migrant Smuggler Busted Amid new Iran Retaliation Threats for US Killing of Top General
The Brazilian bust of a smuggler who specialized in transporting Iranian migrants over the US southern border is auspicious because it occurs amid heightened American vigilance that Iran will carry out its threats of violent retaliation for the January 2020 US drone-strike killing of Top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. By Todd … [Read more...] about Iranian Migrant Smuggler Busted Amid new Iran Retaliation Threats for US Killing of Top General
Terrorism and Homeland Security
Another Returning American ISIS Fighter Heading to Prison Begs Question: Where Might Biden Take Us On This Issue?
The federal prosecution of against 23-year-old Omer Kuzu, a returned American fighter for the defeated ISIS terrorist organization, begs a status report on what the U.S. strategy currently is for reducing the threat from presumably indoctrinated U.S.returnees under the Trump administration and especially a potential Biden one. By … [Read more...] about Another Returning American ISIS Fighter Heading to Prison Begs Question: Where Might Biden Take Us On This Issue?
Dispatches from America’s Other Southern Border: Guatemala-Mexico
Implementation of President Donald Trump's cocktail of policies took time, with U.S. court challenges, trial and error, and planning necessities. But by the fall of 2019, the historic numbers of Central Americans crossing the U.S. border, to the tune of 100,000 a month — 144,000 in May 2019 alone — had plummeted to (still-high) pre-crisis levels. Understanding why is key to blunting future … [Read more...] about Dispatches from America’s Other Southern Border: Guatemala-Mexico