The Pentagon is considering increasing the pace and scope of cyberattacks against Islamic State , arguing that more aggressive efforts to disable the extremist group's computers, servers and cellphones could help curtail its appeal and disrupt...

The Pentagon is considering more aggressive cyberattacks on the Islamic State’s computers in an effort to decrease its propaganda on social media and prevent potential terror attacks, according to a published report. The Counter Extremist Project, a...

The FBI revealed in a criminal complaint this week that one of the San Bernardino shooters, the husband, Syed Rizwan Farooq, and an alleged co-conspirator who bought the couple’s assault rifles, were inspired by former al Qaeda leader Anwar Awlaki...

ICYMI: CEP CEO Mark D. Wallace Highlights Challenge of Encryption in Washington Post Editorial

CEP CEO Mark D. Wallace wrote about the challenges posed by terrorists using social media and encyrption to propagandize, recruit and plan attacks in an editorial published in the Washington Post December 16.

In case after terrorism case, from the Fort Hood, Tex., shootings to the Boston Marathon bombing and now to the slaughter in San Bernardino, Calif., the inflammatory videos and bomb-making instructions of Anwar al-Awlaki , easily accessible on the...

CEP Profiles New ISIS Recruiters, Propagandists, and Inciters to Violence Operating on Twitter

(New York, NY) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released profiles of 16 new ISIS recruiters, propagandists, and inciters to violence operating on Twitter. CEP has now released profiles on 54 of the most prolific ISIS operatives on Twitter...

President Obama Challenges American Muslims

On December 6, 2015, President Obama addressed the American public in the aftermath of the San Bernardino terrorist attack carried out by Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed Rizwan Farook that killed 14 and wounded 21. The President had much to say...

In a Washington Post op-ed, CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses the weaponization of social media by extremists and the challenges posed by encryption. “....combating the weaponization of social media platforms by extremist groups has become...

The fight against Jihadism is, today, the "main threat" facing Europe but there are no "quick fixes" to eradicate the problem, the conference heard. Facing an "apocalyptic" challenge, the only answer is to work with the Muslim communities rather than...

A man whose truck was seen in jihadi video has filed a lawsuit against a Texas Ford dealer that resold his vehicle without removing his company logo for ruining his life. The suit traces the pickup's journey from a local auto auction to Mersin...