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  Rare photos reveal Osama bin Laden’s Afghan hideout By Phil Hirschkorn and Peter Bergen, CNN Updated 11:38 PM ET, Wed March 11, 2015 Story highlights Photos from terrorism trial offer rare glimpse of Osama bin Laden’s hideout before 9/11 Palestinian journalist went to interview bin Laden in 1996 in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora area Abu […]

A gripping glimpse into bin Laden’s decline and fall By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 10:33 AM ET, Wed March 11, 2015 U.S. Marines watch the announcement of bin Laden's death at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Photos: The death of Osama bin Laden 13 photos The death of Osama bin Laden […]

Publication Logo CNN.com February 19, 2015 Thursday 3:29 PM EST ‘Jihadi John’: The bourgeois terrorist BYLINE: By By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst SECTION: OPINION LENGTH: 2024 words This is how top national security reporters Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman of the Washington Post, who broke the story that Mohammed Emwazi has been identified […]

How big of a threat is Al-Shabaab to the United States? By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst   Updated 7:32 PM ET, Sun February 22, 2015 Al-Shabaab calls for attacks on Western shopping malls 03:17 Story highlights Al-Shabaab has released a video calling for attacks on shopping malls in West Peter Bergen: Group has succeeded in […]

Nonsense about terrorism’s ‘root causes’ By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst   Updated 6:58 PM ET, Thu February 19, 2015 47 of 47 The ISIS terror threat 47 photos A woman looks at her destroyed home after returning to the village of Al-Mansuriya, Iraq, on Saturday, February 14. Hide CaptionStory highlights White House conference on extremism […]

Why does ISIS keep making enemies? By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst   Updated 2:53 PM ET, Mon February 16, 2015 Story highlights The group’s atrocities have angered Americans, Jordanians and Egyptians Bergen: ISIS actions only make sense if you realize that its aim is the apocalypse. Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a […]

Americans have plotted to kill cartoonists who lampooned Islam By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Story highlights Peter Bergen cites parallels to the attacks in Copenhagen and Paris Authorities have disrupted such plots involving Americans Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He […]

Did Brian Williams embed with SEAL Team 6? By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst   Story highlights Brian Williams said he traveled with SEAL Team 6, got memento from Osama bin Laden raid Peter Bergen says claims may require review since SEALs took great pains to be covert Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, […]

Why ISIS terrorism won’t work By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Story highlights Peter Bergen: Most of the time, terrorism becomes self-defeating He says Osama bin Laden’s strategy involving 9/11 was a failure ISIS strategy also doesn’t make sense, Bergen says Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at the New […]

Is U.S. coalition winning war vs. ISIS? By Peter Bergen and Emily Schneider   Updated 9:42 AM ET, Sun February 1, 2015 Story highlights Bergen: Five months after Obama pledged to destroy ISIS, it still controls large territory and attracts support. He says Chuck Hagel may be right, that U.S. military may need to be near front […]