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

July 15, 2012 3:52 pm

Exclusive: ADC’s Misleading Sob Story on Elashi Brothers

The news release from the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) depicts a family torn apart by a heartless bureaucracy. Two brothers, stateless Palestinians, were "taken by...

June 28, 2012 10:39 am

Exclusive: Muslim Brotherhood Preaching Israel Destruction After Election

"Every Muslim will be asked about the Zionists' usurpation of al-Aqsa Mosque. Why did he not seek to recover it, and wage Jihad...

June 24, 2012 12:36 am

Long “South Park” Sentence a Win for Free Speech

A convert to Islam who helped promote death threats against the producers of the animated television show "South Park" after it featured a character representing...

June 6, 2012 4:53 pm

Terror Victim’s Family “Resolved to Fight Injustice”

Just before the explosion, Yekutiel Wultz saw the man flash "an evil smile." Wultz, known as "Tuly," was eating with his son Daniel outside a...

May 25, 2012 10:17 am

“The Reason is Religion, Mom”

Army Pvt. Naser Jason Abdo faced his mother during a visit in a Texas jail last July. Abdo had been arrested for plotting an attack on...

May 18, 2012 4:45 pm

Tehran: West Caving on Iran Nuclear Program

Iranian and United Nations officials claimed to have made progress in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program on Tuesday. But initial reports have provided little substantive...

May 16, 2012 1:15 pm

CAIR Officials Demonize America on Iranian TV

Two officials representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations' New York chapter (CAIR-NY) turned to an Iranian television station this week in order to...

May 9, 2012 5:48 pm

American Islamists Push Negative American Image

Traveling in Bangladesh last weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was confronted with a question she said "hurts me so much." Why, she was asked, is...

May 6, 2012 1:00 pm

Awlaki Acknowledges His Radical Past and Disdain of Jews

When Anwar al-Awlaki emerged as the clear inspiration behind a series of terror plots in 2009, his former associates in America insisted he was...

May 4, 2012 2:06 pm

The End of the Inspire Era

Al-Qaida has released two new issues of its English-language magazine eight months after a drone strike eliminated the American jihadi leaders behind it. The latest...

April 29, 2012 5:01 pm

Bin Laden Death Images Remain Secret

A federal judge ruled Thursday that video and photographs of Osama Bin Laden's death would remain classified, CNN reports. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg denied...

April 29, 2012 2:34 pm

Annan’s Syria Mission Mired in Failure

There are growing indications that U.N. envoy Kofi Annan's mediation efforts in Syria are failing and that the presence of U.N. monitors may...

April 26, 2012 11:07 am

The Islamic Circle of North America Continues its Radicalization

The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is leading a pro-Sharia public relations campaign, aimed at persuading Americans that these beliefs aren't something to fear...

April 25, 2012 12:25 pm

Viva Palestina’s Sixth Journey to the Gaza Strip

A British-based organization that has delivered millions of dollars to the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip embarked Sunday on its sixth convoy to Gaza...