The New York Times December 22, 2020 Pulitzer board accepts New York Times’ withdrawal of ‘Caliphate’ as 2019 finalist The Pulitzer Board announced Tuesday it had accepted the New York Times’ withdrawal of its article and podcast “Caliphate” from 2019 finalists after serious factual inaccuracies prompted an extensive correction of the story.
OPINION December 21, 2020 Michael Goodwin: New York Times admits to major blunder – but these errors go uncorrected The best stories in The New York Times often involve the Gray Lady’s self-flagellation over a doozy of a mistake, and Saturday was one of those days.
The New York Times December 18, 2020 New York Times admits massive failure to vet false claims made in 'Caliphate' podcast In what its executive editor is calling an "institutional failing," The New York Times published an extensive correction Friday after acknowledging its 2018 podcast series "Caliphate" heavily relied on a serial fabulist who claimed to have been a member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization.
France December 16, 2020 Islamic State widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician on Wednesday were convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 years in prison in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 attacks in Paris against the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a kosher supermarket.
ISIS December 14, 2020 ISIS sleeper cell attacks in Syria reach record low, data shows Despite the still frequent terrorist attacks ripping through the once ISIS-controlled pockets of northeastern Syria, data released this month showed that November 2020 recorded the lowest number of sleeper cell attacks by the Islamic terror group since their territorial defeat last year.
Secretary of Defense December 9, 2020 Biden Defense Secretary pick at helm when team accused of ‘watering down’ ISIS intel President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, could make history as the first Black man to serve in the position, but getting his appointment through Congress could be an uphill battle.
Hackers December 4, 2020 Imprisoned hacker ordered to be released, promptly deported In a handwritten motion from prison, Ferizi said earlier this fall that his asthma and obesity placed him at greater risk for COVID-19.
Crime November 24, 2020 South Carolina man accused of discussing attacks on Trump Tower pleads guilty to ISIS conspiracy A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sharing bomb-making information with another man in support of the Islamic State terror group.
World November 24, 2020 Biden's national security adviser pick Jake Sullivan touted Hillary Clinton's Libya debacle President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Jacob Sullivan to be America's next national security adviser, but it remains to be seen if the former top Hillary Clinton adviser, who championed the ill-fated unraveling of Libya almost a decade ago, will take heed of those lessons learned.
ISIS November 23, 2020 American teen who once threatened Trump in ISIS video says it's 'sweet relief' being in US Matthew's mother claimed that her husband tricked her, but evidence showed that she was heavily involved in funding ISIS, even helping to film propaganda videos of her son.
ISIS November 18, 2020 Pennsylvania couple admits to providing support to ISIS from U.S. A Pennsylvania married couple, originally from Bangladesh, have admitted to conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS, according to reports.