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Todd Bensman

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Terrorism and Homeland Security

Bensman Testifies Before Congress: “Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border

September 14, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Todd Bensman testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement at a ​hearing​ on Thursday, September 14, 2023. The hearing, "Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border," examined the national security implications of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) open-borders agenda, including how the Biden Administration's policies have led to … [Read more...] about Bensman Testifies Before Congress: “Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border

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What to Make of CNN’s Exclusive About an ISIS Smuggler Who Moved Uzbeks Over the Border

August 31, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Hint: More evidence that border counterterrorism programs have all but collapsed, leaving America vulnerable By Todd Bensman as published August 29, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — Feverish FBI manhunts for potential terrorists who crossed the southern border and got lost in the mix are nothing new in America, especially amid the most voluminous mass migration … [Read more...] about What to Make of CNN’s Exclusive About an ISIS Smuggler Who Moved Uzbeks Over the Border

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Doctor’s jihadist plot: How well do we vet visa applicants?

August 31, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published August 28, 2023 by The New York Post A Pakistani doctor who got an H-1B temporary work visa to join the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is going to federal prison for incubating a plot to kill fellow Hippocratic oath takers while “behind enemy lines,” as he wrote in an encrypted jihadist social-media channel. He’d grown sick of forever smiling at … [Read more...] about Doctor’s jihadist plot: How well do we vet visa applicants?

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U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security: Joint subcommittee hearing on Human Cost of Biden and Mayorkas’ Border Crisis

July 27, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET, the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA), and the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, led by Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), held a joint hearing to examine the tragic human cost of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Biden’s historic … [Read more...] about U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security: Joint subcommittee hearing on Human Cost of Biden and Mayorkas’ Border Crisis

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A Terrorism Case Reveals High Treason

July 8, 2023 by Todd Bensman

A tale of uncharged high treason where a U.S. Army soldier worked with ISIS jihadists to kill fellow soldiers By Todd Bensman On June 14, U.S. Army Private First-Class Cole James Bridges of Ohio pleaded guilty to terrorism and attempted murder charges of helping the terrorist group ISIS kill his comrades on the battlefields in Iraq and Syria during 2020 and 2021. This plea triggered the … [Read more...] about A Terrorism Case Reveals High Treason

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Audacious Iran And Hizballah Schemes That Hurt America Haven’t Slowed Biden’s Backdoor Diplomacy

July 5, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Administration has okayed release of $2.7 billion in frozen funds – so far - to the Islamic Republic of Iran despite continual slaps across America’s face By Todd Bensman as published July 4, 2023 for Creative Destruction Media While President Joe Biden’s State Department works secretive backdoor diplomatic dealings for a nuclear deal breakthrough, let it not be forgotten that Iran … [Read more...] about Audacious Iran And Hizballah Schemes That Hurt America Haven’t Slowed Biden’s Backdoor Diplomacy

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Former FBI Analyst Exposed America to Jihadists

June 29, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Media omitted that FBI Analyst communicated with Islamic terrorism targets for years running database checks and stealing terrorism case records for them By Todd Bensman as published June 28, 2023 by the Middle East Forum Last week, U.S. media seized on the June 21 sentencing of former FBI analyst Kendra Kingsbury to 46 months in prison – for storing stolen classified documents in … [Read more...] about Former FBI Analyst Exposed America to Jihadists

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New York Post: Al Qaeda fighter’s plot to smuggle in Bush assassins shows how our southern-border chaos entices terrorists

April 18, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published April 12, 2023, New York Post An unlikely FBI counterterrorism case wrapping up in Ohio casts a bright and shining light on a gaping national-security hole in the southwest border as the greatest mass migration crisis in American history overwhelms its ­defenses. The Ohio FBI field office last year busted a local Iraqi asylum seeker, former al Qaeda fighter … [Read more...] about New York Post: Al Qaeda fighter’s plot to smuggle in Bush assassins shows how our southern-border chaos entices terrorists

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Todd Bensman on Muslim Migrants on the U.S. Terror List Infiltrating the Southern U.S. Border

March 28, 2023 by Todd Bensman

by Marilyn SternMiddle East Forum WebinarMarch 20, 2023 Todd Bensman is a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow, a Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and author of Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History, the 2023 follow-up to his earlier book, America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the … [Read more...] about Todd Bensman on Muslim Migrants on the U.S. Terror List Infiltrating the Southern U.S. Border

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A Database of National Security Vetting Failures is Published

March 21, 2023 by Todd Bensman

About the National Security Vetting Failures Database: A Streamed panel discusses how national security threats have slipped between the cracks (from left to right) Director, Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian, CIS National Security Fellow Todd Bensman, retired State Department Senior Foreign Service Officer Phillip Linderman, and Director of Center for Homeland Security and … [Read more...] about A Database of National Security Vetting Failures is Published

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