Steven Emerson

Steven Emerson
Steven Emerson is considered one of the leading authorities on Islamic extremist networks, financing and operations. He serves as the Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, a non-profit organization that serves one of the world's largest storehouses of archival data and intelligence on Islamic and Middle Eastern terrorist groups. Emerson and his staff frequently provide briefings to U.S. government and law enforcement agencies, members of Congress and congressional committees, and print and electronic media on terrorist financing and operational networks of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the rest of the worldwide Islamic militant spectrum. Since 9-11, Emerson has been interviewed frequently on all the major television networks and in the national and international print media. The website of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which was started in September 2007, is now considered one of the top counter-terrorism websites in the world and can be accessed at www.investigativeproject.org. Emerson launched The Investigative Project on Terrorism in 1995, following the November 1994 broadcast of his documentary film, "Jihad in America," on public television. The film exposed clandestine operations of militant Islamic terrorist groups on American soil. For the film, Emerson received numerous awards including the George Polk Award for best television documentary, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism. He also received the top prize from the Investigative Reporters and Editors Organization (IRE) for best investigative report in both print and television for the documentary. The award from IRE was the fourth he had received from that group. The documentary, which was featured on 60 Minutes, has become standard viewing for federal law enforcement and intelligence organizations. Emerson is recognized as one of the first terrorism experts to have testified and warned about the threat of Islamic militant networks operating in the United States and their connections worldwide. In a pioneering congressional testimony delivered in 1998, he specifically warned about the threat of Osama Bin Laden's network. Nearly every one of the terrorist suspects and groups first identified in his 1994 film have been indicted, convicted, or deported since 9-11. Emerson is the author or co-author of six books on terrorism and national security, including: "Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the U.S." (Prometheus, 2006) "American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us" (The Free Press, 2002) "Terrorist: The Inside Story of the Highest-Ranking Iraqi Terrorist Ever to Defect to the West" (Villard Books /Random House, 1991) "The Fall of Pan Am 103: Inside the Lockerbie Investigation" (Putnam's Sons, 1990) "Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era" (Putnam's Sons, 1988) "The American House of Saud: The Secret Petrodollar Connection" (Franklin Watts, 1985) Prior to starting the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Emerson worked as a correspondent for CNN and previously as a senior editor at US News and World Report. His first job in Washington DC in 1977 was as a staff researcher for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has a BA and MA from Brown University and once ran a marathon in 2 hours, 59 minutes, a feat he was never able to repeat again.

ARTICLES BY: Steven Emerson

January 25, 2015 1:20 am

Gaza Protesters Support Islamic State, Threaten to Kill the French

Roughly 200 Salafi-Jihadis in Gaza rallied outside of the French Cultural Institute recently, denouncing the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and praising the recent terrorist attacks in...

January 22, 2015 11:07 am

Hamas Praises Tel Aviv Bus Stabbing Attack

A Palestinian terrorist stabbed and injured nine Israelis, four of whom remain in serious condition, on Wednesday morning after they boarded a Tel Aviv bus. Security camera...

January 21, 2015 12:06 pm

Israel Braces for Retaliation After Airstrike in Syria Kills Iranian Commander

Israel is bracing for potential attacks from Hezbollah, after an airstrike in the Syrian Golan killed 11 members of the Hezbollah-Iranian axis on Sunday. The dead...

January 18, 2015 6:35 pm

PA Documents Detail Payments to Terrorists

NEW YORK - Official Palestinian Authority policy provides monthly payments for convicted terrorists held in Israeli jails. The longer the sentence, the more the terrorist's...

January 15, 2015 2:24 am

Victims’ Attorney: PA Supported Terror Attacks in Policy, Deeds, and Words

NEW YORK - Killing civilians was "standard operating procedure" for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority during Yasser Arafat's reign in the early 2000s,...

January 15, 2015 1:36 am

Oxford University Press Bans Pork Related Material From Books

Oxford University Press (OUP) has banned authors from depicting pork-related products in their children's books in an apparent attempt to avoid offending Jews and Muslims,...

January 14, 2015 6:39 pm

Terror Victims Take Palestinian Authority to Court

The Palestinian Authority could face $1 billion or more in damages if a Federal jury in New York finds it liable for a series of...

January 13, 2015 2:41 am

As Saudi Arabia Warns of Radical Islam, Country Lashes Blogger for ‘Insulting’ Islam

For sheer brutality, it pales in comparison to the massacre of journalists and cartoonists last week at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, but Saudi Arabia's flogging of...

January 9, 2015 2:00 pm

Will We Ever Learn? Obama White House Can’t Admit Paris Attacks ‘Islamic Terrorism’

They shouted in Arabic "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Greatest) and "We are avenging the Prophet Mohammed" as they sprayed their victims with hundreds of bullets from...

December 31, 2014 8:26 am

Palestinian Media Glorifies Synagogue Attack Terrorists

The Palestinian Authority's (PA) official news agency, WAFA, and Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party glorified the two terrorists who killed five Israelis in a Jerusalem synagogue...

December 21, 2014 12:31 pm

Hamas Diverting Reconstruction Material to Rebuilding Terror Tunnels

Hamas is rebuilding its network of underground infiltration tunnels damaged in the war with Israel this past summer, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing an Israel Radio...

December 19, 2014 12:38 am

Hamas Deputy Leader Says Iran Ties Repaired

A top Hamas leader says the terrorist group has patched up relations with Iran after a breach over Syria's civil war. "I believe that bilateral relations between...

December 18, 2014 12:22 am

European Court Orders Hamas’ Removal from Terror List

Hamas must be taken off the European Union's terrorist list, a court ordered Wednesday. The court held that the designation was not based on direct evidence...

December 16, 2014 4:49 pm

Terror Attack in Australia Will Soon Reach Europe, America

The violent conclusion to the Australian hostage taking terrorist siege was inevitable. The terrorist Man Haron Monis was killed as the Sydney police swat team...