families, and way of life. In addition to supporting
the CIA, Guantanamo, and the NSA, we must redouble state and local law enforcement efforts to infiltrate and thwart terror cells like those in Belgium, Canada, Australia, and France. We must cast political
correctness aside and recognize that these people are often associated with radical mosques, Islamic societies, or Muslim student associations. NYPD counterterrorism
intelligence programs under Commissioner Raymond Kelly were the gold standard, and helped stop at least 14 attacks on our nation’s largest city. Rather than be rolled back,
these programs should be fully supported in New York, and copied elsewhere. Cops who know their
communities the best should identify and arrest anyone on federal or state charges who is returning from jihad or terror- training overseas. Like the CIA, military,
and NSA, the NYPD has been under assault from the left. Our intelligence agencies, armed services, and law enforcement are what keep terror attacks, such as those in Paris, from happening more often here at home. This thin line of heroes
deserves praise, thanks, and support — not the criticism to which they have been subjected.
Rep. Peter King is serving his 12th term in Congress. The Long Island Republican is the former chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and also serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is an oft-mentioned contender in 2016 for the GOP nomination for president.
per year due to suicide attacks world- wide. In the 14 years since, that yearly average has jumped 20-fold to a stag- gering annual body count of 2,788 killings per year. Since 1982, the casu- alty count stands at over 42,000 killed and over 100,000 wounded. According to another study by the
Global Terrorism Index, deaths due to terrorism increased by 61 percent from 2012 to 2013. Last year, Pakistan experienced its worst attack ever with the slaughter of 132 school children in Peshawar. Boko Haram executed some 2,000 civilians in Nigeria. Exhibit No. 3: Jihadis’ growing strength. Intelligence sources esti- mate that ISIS, an organization the president once famously dismissed as “the JV team,” is recruiting on av- erage 1,500 new soldiers each month. In part, this growth has been fu-
eled by seizures of cash and weapons as its sol- diers swept into towns in Syria and Iraq. ISIS has morphed into an army that controls large swathes of two nations, Syria and Iraq. It is also drawing revenue from black-market sales of petroleum grabbed from ar- eas that are under its control. Exhibit No. 4: The destabilization of U.S. allies. Saudi Arabia, fearful that ISIS fighters and Iranian operatives would spill across its border, has in- vested some of its oil riches into build- ing a five-layer, 125-foot tall “great wall” along its 600-mile border with Iraq. In January, it detected and killed four Islamic State operatives armed with guns and grenades who were try- ing to sneak into the kingdom. The Washington Post reports mili-
tants have launched four attacks in Saudi Arabia in the past six months, causing over 30 deaths. As the country transitions to life after King Abdullah, who reportedly
Most analysts
had a strong dislike for President Obama due to his support for the Arab Spring and his last-minute deci- sion not to strike Syria, the House of Saud is considering construction of a 1,000-mile wall to impede the spread of instability from Yemen. Jordan, Bahrain, and Oman are three other U.S. allies whose security could be threatened by the expanding circle of extremism. Exhibit No. 5: A flood of passport- bearing jihadists. As has been thor- oughly reported, thousands of Euro- pean nationals who sympathize with ISIS have traveled to Syria to join the fight. In Europe, intelligence sources estimated that up to 180 “sleeper” ter- rorists were poised to launch attacks. It’s every official’s nightmare that these battle-hardened, trained war- riors could return home. Due to visa-waiver
agree that ISIS is growing stronger and expanding into Africa.
agreements with France, Belgium, Germany and other nations, the jihad- ists would only have to complete an online reg- istration form to enter the United States.
“There’s a reason why we’re in re-
treat everywhere across the globe,” incoming U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, the Montana Republican who in January became the first Navy SEAL to serve in Congress, told the Washington Free Beacon. “This administration has consistently acted from a viewpoint that you can negotiate with terror- ism.” Undeterred by events, the ad- ministration has continued to push forward on plans to release 47 Yemini extremists from Gitmo. “The war on terror has reached a
lethal phase,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News’ Greta Van Sus- teren, “and it is insane to be letting these people out of Gitmo to go back to the fight.” The Washington Post la- mented that the president’s cursory
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