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 19, 2014 5:12 pm

Hezbollah is Preparing for War With Israel

Hezbollah continues to entrench itself in the Syrian civil war, despite facing a string of radical Sunni bombing attacks in their Lebanese strongholds. The terrorist...

January 16, 2014 11:24 am

Hamas Trains 13,000 Teens to Emulate ‘Suicide Martyrs’

Hamas has historically engaged in concerted efforts to brainwash its youth to wage violent jihad. Roughly 13,000 high school students recently participated in a week-long training...

December 25, 2013 1:32 pm

After 3-Year Freeze, Government Seeks ‘Prompt Resolution’ of Al-Arian Case

Federal prosecutors used a relatively innocuous defense request last week to remind a Federal judge that she has held up Sami Al-Arian's criminal contempt case for...

December 17, 2013 7:41 am

Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia Spar Over Syria

Saudi Arabia is believed to be making it easy for Sunni jihadists to make it to Syria to join the jihad against dictator Bashar al-Assad. Nearly...

December 16, 2013 12:18 am

Alleged Kansas Bomber Wanted to be ‘Obedient Slave of Allah’

An FBI sting has led to the arrest of a Wichita, Kansas, man who thought he was about to die in a suicide car bombing...

December 12, 2013 2:10 am

British Terrorist and Murderer Wanted to ‘Make it to Paradise’

A British court Monday heard yet another first-hand statement that jihadist terrorist attacks are motivated by radical Islamic religious beliefs. Michael Adebolajo is one of the two men charged...

December 11, 2013 12:18 pm

Pro-Muslim Brotherhood Organization in U.S. Has Strong Ties to Terrorism

A new group advocating for the restoration of Muslim Brotherhood power in Egypt held a briefing on Capitol Hill last week, aspart of a series...

November 22, 2013 1:31 pm

Georgetown Retracts Invitation to Member of Egypt’s Nazi Party

A daylong Georgetown University conference on Egypt's political state in the wake of July's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was to include a member of...

November 19, 2013 12:23 pm

CAIR Answers Hamas Question With Dishonesty, Bullying

Cornered by a straightforward question he did not want to answer, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles office chose instead...

November 6, 2013 10:15 am

American Islamic Leader Convicted of War Crimes in Bangladesh

"ŽA war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh convicted Ashrafuzzaman Khan and a second man on Sunday of11 charges related to the kidnapping and murder of 18 intellectuals at the end...

October 31, 2013 9:23 am

Hamas is Having it Tough

Newspapers in Israel and Turkey published three separate articles Sunday and Monday on severe economic and political problems facing the Hamas government in Gaza. The three reports all point...

October 25, 2013 12:19 pm

Chicago Activists Outraged After U.S. Charges Palestinian Terrorist

There is outrage among many pro-Palestinian activists in Chicago after Tuesday's indictment of a woman accused of hiding her conviction for two 1969 Jerusalem bombings when...

October 18, 2013 8:38 am

Did Turkey Stab Israel in the Back by Revealing Spy Ring?

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdoğan's hostility toward Israel and embrace of Hamas terrorists are well established. He has called Zionism, the belief in a Jewish state,...

October 16, 2013 10:35 am

FBI Ignores Muslim Terror Attack in Salt Lake City

In Nairobi, well-armed gunmen stormed a shopping mall intending to kill as many people as possible. They asked victims about their religion, sparing the lives of...