Germany sees left-wing extremism becoming more clandestine, sophisticated, and violent

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / September 17, 2021. Left-wing extremism is on the rise in Germany, with one in four groups prone to violence to overthrow the democratic constitutional government, according to the latest official Report on the Protection of the Constitution. “There are no signs that left-wing extremists will end … Read more

Lessons we didn’t learn from what we were forbidden to say

J Michael Waller / American Greatness / September 10, 2021. America has not learned the lessons of 9/11. The lessons were lost as they were being learned.  Foreign pressure on political leaders in Washington, intellectual laziness or dishonesty in the intelligence community, and political correctness-turned-wokeness made it so. American society repeated those unlearned lessons as … Read more

‘Strategic confusion’ in Afghanistan: Special Inspector General says ‘every agency experienced annual lobotomies’ for 20 years

J Michael Waller / American Greatness / August 19, 2021. A new inspector general report eviscerates the entire 20-year U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, revealing a constant interagency rotation of “annual lobotomies,” ensuring that the same mistakes were repeated again and again.  The August 2021 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report shows failure … Read more

Capitol Police Inspector General verifies what we observed at January 6 attack

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / April 16, 2021 – An internal US Capitol Police report confirms what the Center reported on its website three months ago: That the Capitol Police were unprepared, poorly organized, and poorly commanded before the January 6 attack. This follows an FBI assistant director’s sworn testimony to … Read more

House Armed Services Committee leaders agree: Military around US Capitol ‘not warranted’ now

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / March 12, 2021 – The militarized presence around the US Capitol is “not warranted” any more due to lack of a credible threat, the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Security Committee said in a joint statement. Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers … Read more

Senator Johnson tells the New York Times why he relied on Waller’s account of Capitol riot

Center for Security Policy / March 7, 2021 – The New York Times grilled Senator Ron Johnson about why he relied on a Center for Security Policy analyst’s eyewitness account of events leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The Wisconsin Republican, who chaired the Senate Homeland Security Committee until earlier … Read more

No, Sen. Ron Johnson Didn’t Promote A ‘Conspiracy Theory’ About The Capitol Riot

J Michael Waller / The Federalist / March 1, 2021 – “Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams famously said as the lawyer defending the British soldiers involved in the 1770 Boston Massacre, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” … Read more

Covert cadre: What I saw leading up to the US Capitol attack

J Michael Waller / The Federalist / January 14, 2021 – The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol bore the markings of an organized operation planned well in advance of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. A small number of cadre appeared to use the cover of a huge rally to stage its attack. … Read more

We lost an extraordinary friend and ally: Paul Behrends, 1958-2020

I wrote this as a tribute to one of my best friends who just died. In another age and place, Paul Behrends would have been straight out of Rudyard Kipling. The extraordinary life of the retired US Marine Corps reserve lieutenant colonel and longtime congressional staffer ended December 12 when Paul died from injuries near … Read more

Our Antifa study is the #1 Amazon title on terrorism

Our new Antifa monograph ranks #1 on Amazon for new titles about terrorism. Unmasking Antifa: Five Perspectives on a Growing Threat, hit the #1 mark within 24 hours of going on sale. It’s an important milestone also because Amazon, the world’s largest bookseller, now recognizes the study of Antifa as a study in terrorism. Center … Read more