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

July 28, 2014 12:01 am

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Hamas Claims Rockets Only Target Jews

Hamas officials are notorious for making incendiary statements and anti-Semitic comments. In fact, their charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State, and the...

July 23, 2014 3:25 pm

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ISIS, Other Terror Groups Call for Israel’s Destruction

As Israel continues its counterterrorism operation against Hamas, radical Islamist organizations around the world are making anti-Semitic statements and calling for Israel's destruction. Hizb ut Tahrir...

July 23, 2014 11:19 am

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American Muslims for Palestine Proudly Supports Hamas, Praises Israeli Casualties

The group American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) does not shy away from its support for the terrorist organization Hamas. The group's National Campus Coordinator, Taher...

July 18, 2014 12:18 am

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Learning From History: Terrorists Don’t Uphold Agreements

Thousands of rockets launched from Gaza raining down throughout Israel. Israeli homes being destroyed by the missiles. Air raid sirens going off giving Israeli civilians...

July 17, 2014 10:30 am

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Arab World Increasingly Frustrated With Hamas

While Israel's response to incessant rocket fire from Gaza drew the requisite condemnations from the Arab world and some in the international community, Arab media...

July 16, 2014 11:02 am

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Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Hamas Have Become Oxymorons

Over the years, we at the Investigative Project on Terrorism and many others have called on American Islamists to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization. They have steadfastly refused. Fine....

July 15, 2014 6:45 am

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Palestinian Officials Openly Fault Hamas for War Crimes

Israel's Operation Protective Edge is about to enter its second week, yet Hamas officials show no sign of backing down despite the utter failure of their...

July 13, 2014 12:18 am

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The Washington Post Twists the Truth to Protect Hamas

In Friday's Washington Post print edition, a headline blared, "Netanyahu rules out Gaza Cease Fire." But in fact, as a Reuters dispatch that morning showed it is...

July 11, 2014 12:14 am

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Latest Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Exposes Surreal Reality

Perception and reality continued to baffle Palestinian advocates on Thursday as the conflict between Israel and Gaza terrorist groups reached its third day. Palestinians fired more than...

July 10, 2014 12:35 am

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Glenn Greenwald’s Scoop is Nothing But Lies, and a Whitewashing of Islamic Extremism

In a story he touted for weeks as "the most important in the archive" of NSA documents given to him by Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald reported on Wednesday...

July 3, 2014 9:04 am

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Deporting Member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad May be Easier Said Than Done

In dropping their criminal contempt case last week against Sami Al-Arian, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's board of directors during the 1990s, prosecutors said...

June 25, 2014 6:39 pm

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Hamas Leader Falsely Claims 3 Kidnapped Children Were Soldiers

Hamas and Palestinian leadership continue to refer to three kidnapped Israeli teenagers as "soldiers" even though two of the boys are 16 and none serves...

June 20, 2014 12:28 am

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Palestinians Celebrate Israeli Kidnappings; Hamas Calls For Intifada

Last week's kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers continues to generate widespread celebration within Palestinian society. In addition to people doling out candy and sweets in the...

June 17, 2014 10:05 am

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Palestinian Media Celebrates the Kidnapping of Israeli Students

Israeli military and security officials continue an intense search for three teenaged students believed kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that "Hamas terrorists carried...