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November 19, 2009: The Associated Press quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article titled "200 Web Sites Spread Al-Qaida's Message in English."

November 18, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Claudio Franco testified during the Spanish trial of eleven individuals who were allegedly plotting suicide attacks on the Barcelona metro on orders from the Pakistani Taliban.

November 18, 2009: Peter Bergen cited documents on the NEFA site, including the Target: America report on the Fort Dix plot, in his testimony before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.

November 18, 2009: The New York Times quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article on Nidal Hasan and Anwar al Awlaki.

November 18, 2009: The Washington Post cited NEFA in an article on Nidal Hasan and Anwar al Awlaki.

November 16, 2009Wired's "Danger Room" blog quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann regarding his discovery of a posting by Salman al-Awdah, Usama bin Laden's spiritual mentor, condemning the Fort Hood attack.

November 16, 2009: A Washington Post report cited NEFA in an article on Anwar al Awlaki.

November 16, 2009: A Washington Times article noted the extensive information that was available on the NEFA website on Anwar al-Awlaki prior to the Fort Hood shooting.

November 13, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in an Associated Press article about the arrest of an individual in the Netherlands who was allegedly involved in the al-Shabaab recruitment network in Minnesota.

November 13, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann published an article in Foreign Policy titled "A Web of Lone Wolves: Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth."

November 13, 2009: The Dallas Morning News interviewed NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about a report that Nidal Hasan wired money to Pakistan.

November 12, 2009: Reuters quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about the Fort Hood shooting probe. 

November 12, 2009: ABC News featured exclusive NEFA video that shows a July 2008 Taliban attack that killed 9 U.S. soldiers at an Afghan post. 

November 12, 2009: The Los Angeles Times interviewed NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about Anwar al Awlaki and cited NEFA's posting of al Awlaki's "Fighting Against Government Armies in the Muslim World."

November 11, 2009: The New York Daily News cited NEFA's report on Anwar al Awlaki and Time Magazine selected a quote by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about the FBI's failure to more aggressively investigate Nidal Hasan as one of the "quotes of the day."

November 11, 2009: The Washington Post quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about the FBI's response to Nidal Hasan's contacts with Anwar al Awlaki.

November 10, 2009: The Voice of America and The Christian Science Monitor quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in articles examining Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's ties to Anwar al Awlaki.

November 9, 2009: Newsweek credited NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann with discovering Anwar al Awlaki's web posting praising Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan as a "hero". NEFA's posting of al Awlaki's remarks was cited by USA Today, The NY Daily News, and Fox News. Further, Kohlmann and NEFA were quoted or cited on al Awlaki in The Los Angeles Times, Der Spiegel, Wired's "Danger Room" blog, The AtlanticWire, and The Weekly Standard's blog.

November 5, 2009: NEFA Foundation Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was interviewed on MSNBC about the Fort Hood shootings.

October 19, 2009: NEFA's video footage of Abu Ibrahim al-Amriki was featured on Fox News' "Happening Now."

October 19, 2009: NEFA Director of Research Ron Sandee was quoted in a Washington Post article on Western recruits, including Abu Ibrahim al-Amriki, joining the jihadist cause in Afghanistan/Pakistan. 

October 18, 2009: The Toronto Star interviewed NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article on the influence of Anwar al-Awlaki, the subject of a NEFA backgrounder      

October 17, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann's report on Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was referenced in a Newsweek article on al-Yazid.   

October 17, 2009: The Los Angeles Times quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on the Islamic Jihad Union and Abu Ibrahim al-Amriki in an article on Al-Qaida's capabilities.  

October 16, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was interviewed for an Associated Press article on Pakistan's plans to dislodge jihadists from South Waziristan.  

October 15, 2009: The Associated Press quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article on Al-Qaida's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an individual featured heavily in NEFA's online library

October 13, 2009: Wired's Danger Room blog quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article on the Taliban's use of YouTube.  

October 12, 2009: The Daily Beast quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article titled "Al Qaeda's Web Revival."

October 8, 2009: Wired cited NEFA's posting of Abu Yahya al-Libi's “The Ruling Concerning Muslim Spies"

October 1, 2009: The Washington Times cited NEFA's translation of the Turkestan Islamic Party article titled “America is Leading the Capitalist World Towards Collapse”

September 25, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann appeared on MSNBC to discuss the thwarted bomb plots in Texas and Illinois. 

September 25, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a New York Daily News article on Usama Bin Laden's latest audio message

September 25, 2009: The Sydney Morning Herald highlighted the expert witness testimony of NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in the case of Belal Khazaal, who was sentenced to twelve years in prison for compiling a "do-it-yourself jihad" manual.

September 22, 2009: The French publication lepoint.fr cited NEFA's translation of Shabaab's demands for the release of the French security consultant

September 20, 2009: The Washington Post quoted NEFA's translation of Mullah Omar's Ramadan message

September 15, 2009: CNSNews.com referenced NEFA's transcript of a video featuring Saleh Ali Nabhan, who was killed in a recent U.S. strike. 

September 15, 2009: The Weekly Standard cited NEFA's translation of a two part interview with TIP commander Abdul Haq

September 14, 2009: The Washington Independent and Politico cited NEFA's translation of the latest Usama Bin Laden tape

September 5, 2009: NEFA Director of Strategic Operations David Draper was quoted in a Fox News report on American Shabaab al-Mujahideen member Omar Hammami (a.k.a. Abu Mansoor al-Amriki).

September 4, 2009: The Associated Press quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article examining Saudi summer camps intended to counter radicalization. 

September 3, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a National Post article on the Toronto 18, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, Younis Tsouli, Aabid Khan, and Mirsad Bektasevic.

August 25, 2009: The Associated Press quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about Shabaab al-Mujahideen propaganda. 

August 17, 2009: CNSNews.com cited NEFA's posting of Jund Ansar Allah's threatened "response" to its clashes with Hamas

August 13, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann authored an article for Dateline NBC featuring an exclusive interview with the official spokesman for the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), in which he praised President Obama for promoting the ideals of "a shared community and mutual respect."

August 13, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article on the conviction of Ehsanul Islam Sadequee.

August 10, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of DOJ in the Atlanta trial of Ehsanul Islam Sadequee.

August 5, 2009: The Washington Examiner referenced a Washington Post interview with NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in which Kohlmann discussed tracking terrorists online.

August 3, 2009: The Yemeni Observer cited NEFA's posting of Anwar al Awlaki's statement praising Al-Qaida in Yemen.

August 1, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was interviewed on MSNBC about homegrown terrorism.

July 15, 2009: The German press agency DPA cited NEFA's translation of the latest Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri tape

July 12, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in an extensive New York Times article on Americans joining the Somali extremist group Shabaab al-Mujahideen.

June 28, 2009: A Los Angeles Times article titled "Turks increasingly turn to Islamic extremism" quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann and cited a NEFA translation of a statement by Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid.

June 23, 2009: The Toronto Star featured NEFA's exclusive video of terrorist training by the "Toronto 18."

June 18, 2009: NEFA Director of Strategic Operations David Draper was quoted in a Fox News article on the recently released Guantanamo Bay Uighar detainees.

June 3, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of the Department of Justice in the Atlanta trial of Syed Haris Ahmed.

May 22, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a New York Daily News article examining the "half-baked" plots hatched by homegrown extremists.

May 6, 2009: The Weekly Standard's blog referenced NEFA's translation of the latest Turkestan Islamic Party statement.

April 30, 2009: The Washington Independent cited NEFA's exclusive footage of an English-language interview with Haji Muslim Khan, the spokesman of Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat Valley (Pakistan).

April 29, 2009: ISN Security Watch quoted Senior Investigator Douglas Farah in an article on "Iran's Latin America inroads."

April 24, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a Globe and Mail article on the release of the U.N. special envoy for Niger and his Canadian aide, who had been held hostage by Al-Qaida's Committee in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

April 22, 2009: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of the Department of Justice in the Oussama Kassir case in New York.

April 9, 2009: The Washington Independent referenced NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ronald Sandee's most recent Special Report "Core Al-Qaida in 2008: A Review".

April 2, 2009: Fox News quoted a NEFA analyst in a on-air report on a recently released video of an American citizen fighting with Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

March 26, 2009: The Jamestown Foundation cited NEFA's translation of the mid-March Usama Bin Laden tape.

March 18, 2009: CQ cited NEFA's translation of the Bekkay Harrach tape.

February 24, 2009: CNS News again cited NEFA's translation of the new Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri audio tape. 

February 23, 2009: CNS News cited NEFA's translation of the latest Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri audio tape. 

February 20, 2009: Fox News aired a report on NEFA's video of a suicide bombing in Khost in southeastern Afghanistan.

February 18, 2009: Fox News quoted NEFA Director of Strategic Operations David Draper in an article discussing the Saudi "rehabilitation" program.

February 3, 2009: The N.Y. Daily News' "Mouth of the Potomac" blog cited NEFA's translation of the latest Ayman al-Zawahiri tape.

January 28, 2009: The New York Post cited NEFA's final video-recorded will of Kuwaiti national Abdullah al-Ajmi.

January 27, 2009: On the front page of its website, Fox News featured NEFA's final video-recorded will of Kuwaiti national Abdullah al-Ajmi, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay who allegedly executed a suicide truck bombing on behalf of Al-Qaida in Mosul.

January 15, 2009: United Press International cited NEFA's translation of the most recent Usama Bin Laden audiotape.

December 29, 2008: Newsmax interviewed NEFA Senior Analyst Madeleine Gruen for an article on Hizb ut-Tahrir, in which Gruen discussed the group's innovative radicalization tactics.

December 24, 2008: The Philadelphia Inquirer referenced NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann's expert witness testimony in the Fort Dix trial.

December 24, 2008: Welt Online cited NEFA's translation of an Islamic Army of Iraq (IAI) communique in which the IAI admits grudging “admiration” for aspects of the U.S. election.

December 22, 2008: Wired's "Danger Room" blog cited NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah's book Merchant of Death in an article on arms dealer Viktor Bout. The Associated Press interviewed Farah about Bout's extradition hearing in Thailand.

December 21, 2008: The New York Daily News quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann and cited NEFA's translation of an Islamic Army of Iraq (IAI) communique in which the IAI admits grudging “admiration” for aspects of the U.S. election.

December 19, 2008: Fox News quoted NEFA Director of Strategic Operations David Draper in an article about the shut down of a "jihadist group trying to 'invade' Facebook."

December 18, 2008: The Economist cited NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah's book Merchant of Death in an article on arms dealer Viktor Bout.

December 13, 2008: The Wall Street Journal cited an Idara Khidmat e Khalq web page directing donations through the Bank of New York that was provided to the paper by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann.

December 11, 2008: The Wall Street Journal quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article titled "Officials Worry Attacks in Mumbai Could Spur Copycats in the West."

December 10, 2008: Wired's "Danger Room" quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article on American jihadists who have trained with Lashkar-e-Taiba.

December 9, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of DOJ in the trial of an alleged homegrown terrorist cell that plotted to attack Fort Dix. The Newark Star-Ledger, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and United Press International reported on Kohlmann's testimony. 

December 7, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article on Lashkar-e-Taiba's Western recruits that focused heavily on the case of Aabid Khan, in which Kohlmann served as an expert witness.

December 4, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann authored an MSNBC article drawing heavily on his interview with Abdullah Muntazir, a chief spokesman of LET’s accused political wing, Jamat-ud-Dawa.

December 4, 2008: The Wall Street Journal quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann in an article on Western converts who have trained for jihad with Lashkar-e-Taiba.

December 3, 2008: NBC News reported on NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann's interview with a spokesman for Jamat-ud-Dawa (LeT's political wing).

December 2, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah was quoted in a Guardian article that discussed wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

December 1, 2008: In a report on extremism in Somalia, ABC News utilized clips obtained by the NEFA Foundation of a video recording from the Shebaab al-Mujahideen Movement featuring footage of a locally-based jihad training camp. The report also quoted NEFA Director of Strategic Operations David Draper.

November 29, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about possible British links to the Mumbai attacks.

November 26, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was interviewed on MSNBC's "Hardball" about the Mumbai attacks. 

November 25, 2008: NEFA granted Fox News "exclusive access to its detailed reports on the activities of terrorists" in support of an in-depth feature on Shabaab al Mujahideen. NEFA is also quoted repeatedly in the report. 

November 24, 2008: MSNBC's Deep Background interviewed NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann about newly released clips depicting 9/11 hijacker Ziad Jarrah stumbling through the recording of his martyrdom tape.

November 24, 2008: The Dallas Morning News quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah on the convictions in the Holy Land Foundation retrial.

November 20, 2008: The Washington Post quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on the newest Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri tape.

November 15, 2008: The Australian reported on Belal Saadallah Khazaal's conviction in absentia on terror charges in Lebanon and referenced testimony given by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann during Khazaal's NSW Supreme Court trial.

November 12, 2008: The New York Daily News cited NEFA's translation of a recent Omar al-Baghdadi message addressed to the “new rulers in the White House.”

November 12, 2008Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish and Politico cited NEFA's translation of a communiqué issued by the Political Council of the Iraqi Resistance (PCIR) addressed to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

November 6, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in a New York Daily News article about Al-Qaida's reaction to Barack Obama's election victory.

November 4, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann was quoted in an MSNBC "Deep Background" article about the lack of an "October Surprise" by Usama Bin Laden.

October 30, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of the Department of Defense in the Guantanamo Bay war-crimes trial of Ali Hamza al-Bahlul. Al-Bahlul created a U.S.S. Cole propaganda video that Kohlmann described as one of "the most popular al-Qaida video[s] of all time." Kohlmann added that the video has had "incredible reach" in the extremist community.

October 29, 2008: The Washington Post quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah for an article on the "unstanched flow of drug money" in Mexico. Farah commented on the "pipeline [that] has been created from South America to the United States, where drugs, people, weapons and cash are trafficked, and that could be used for any aim..."

October 27, 2008: Internet News quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article on the emerging use of Twitter as a terrorist tool.

October 22, 2008: The Christian Science Monitor quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article addressing the recent "Sunni-Shiite battle of...website hackers."

October 22, 2008: CBC News interviewed NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann for an article examining the ties between convicted British terrorist Aabid Khan and an alleged Canadian terror cell. The National Post reported on the same story and referenced NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann's Special Report on the Khan case.

October 21, 2008Congressional Quarterly cited NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah's Counterterrorism Blog post about Al-Qaida gloating over the financial meltdown.

October 21, 2008: A Danish court convicted Hammad Khürshid and Abdolghani Tohki of preparing a terrorist attack and sentenced the men to 12 and 7 years in prison, respectively. NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of the PET and the Danish Public Prosecutor's Office in the case.

October 19, 2008: The Daily Times (Pakistan) quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on the closure of the Al-Ekhlaas, Al-Firdaws, and Al-Boraq forums.

October 18, 2008: A front page Washington Post article extensively quoted NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on the sudden closure of three of the top Internet discussion forums currently used by Al-Qaida. United Press International also reported on this story. The NEFA Foundation previously released a communique from the Al-Fajr Media Center announcing that development. 

October 16, 2008: RIA Nivosti reported on clips obtained by the NEFA Foundation of a video recording from the Shebaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia featuring footage  of a locally-based jihad training camp.

October 16, 2008: Fox News featured clips obtained by the NEFA Foundation of a video recording from the Shebaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia featuring footage  of a locally-based jihad training camp.

October 7, 2008: Congressional Quarterly reported on a Homeland Security Policy Institute (George Washington University) event titled "Targeting Terrorist Finances" at which Senior Investigator Douglas Farah discussed failed states that "are simply criminal syndicates."

October 4, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah was quoted in a Congressional Quarterly article on "reorganization fatigue" in the Intelligence Community. 

September 26, 2008: NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness on behalf of the PET and the Danish Public Prosecutor's Office in the case of Hammad Khürshid et al. in Copenhagen. 

September 26, 2008The Dallas Morning News' "Crime Blog" noted NEFA's work chronicling the evidence on the Muslim Brotherhood that emerged during the first Holy Land Foundation trial. 

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