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About The Investigative Project on Terrorism
The IPT accepts no funding from outside the United States, nor from any governmental agency or political institution. Tax deductible contributions should be made to its fund-raising arm, the Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Founder and executive director Steven Emerson is an internationally recognized expert on terrorism and national security and author. Consulted by the White House, National Security Council, FBI, Justice Department, Congress and intelligence agencies, Mr. Emerson is in great demand as one of the most astute, insightful and knowledgeable experts in the world today on the threat and prospects of militant Islamic terrorism. He has been quoted in more than 500 news articles and has appeared frequently on network television. His 2002 best-selling book, American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us, provides the first context and understanding for how one of the most notorious terrorist groups in the world could have plotted the worst terrorist attack on American soil without detection or scrutiny by American authorities. What others say about Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism:GOVERNMENT:"It is in drawing public attention to the dangerous reality of those threats that groups such as terrorist investigator Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism come into play. The Investigative Project on Terrorism is a public interest organization that tracks, monitors, and exposes the activities of jihadist groups operating on American soil. Emerson founded the organization in 1995, shortly after broadcast of his pioneering documentary Jihad in America on public television in November 1994. Today, it is considered one of the largest repositories of intelligence in the world on the activities, funding, and operations of radical Islamic groups here in the United States and their ties to overseas groups. "Independently supported by contributions from US donors only, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has been in the forefront in the war against militant Islam. The organization works closely with law enforcement and intelligence agencies as well as with members of Congress. I have often received invaluable information from Emerson and his team of investigators, sometimes better than the intelligence I get from official US governmental briefings." "When FBI said there were no Web sites in the U.S. that were recruiting jihadists for training in Afghanistan or soliciting money for terrorist front groups, I asked Steve Emerson to check. Emerson had written the book American Jihad, which had told me more than the FBI ever had about radical Islamic groups in the U.S. Within days, Emerson had a long list of Web sites sitting on servers in the United States. I passed the list to Justice and the FBI…" "Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism, a not-for-profit research group, repeatedly told me things about terrorists on the web and terrorists in the United States that neither the CIA nor the FBI knew. Often he was right." "Mr. Emerson's startling discoveries and findings on terrorism are all meticulously documented. His impressive body of investigative work has shown that he is more knowledgeable on international Middle Eastern terrorist issues and groups than either the FBI or CIA." "Steve Emerson and the Investigative Project (IP) do a really terrific job and the IP is a good repository for information. My experience with the IP is that they have been very methodical and very detail oriented in developing their information. They can look at an organization, particularly a complex organization and through public source information identify potential terrorist threats and possible links to terrorism." "Gathering information, the gathering of intelligence information about these terrorists organizations is the single most critical thing that we can do to prevent the next act of terrorism occurring in this country and to me the hallmark and characteristic of the Investigative Project is that they are truly a unique institution in the private sector doing a very important job that nobody else does." "Steve has been on the cutting edge of this for many years and if you look back over time and take a hard evaluation of the things he has accomplished and the kind of information he has made available to the public, the Congress, and to law enforcement, I think he has done an extremely valuable service." "…Emerson was helpful in preparing to cross-examine defense witnesses in the [1993 World Trade Center bombings] case....He's a valuable source of information and knowledge. And in terms of trying to find places to look for evidence, he's a very good person to talk to. He's got a lot of insight." "[The Investigative Project] was a decade ahead of its time in focusing on the terrorist threat to the United States and to our homeland from Islamic extremism..." "The end-game here is for state authorities to grow more knowledgeable about potential areas/sources of risk in tandem with the feds, and to ultimately make the war on terrorism more effective. [The] Investigative Project is definitely contributing to that process." "Steven Emerson and the IPT are on the frontline battling radical Islamic jihadism in the U.S. No other group does this invaluable work critical to our national security."
MEDIA AND AUTHORS:"Steve Emerson is one of the nation's best national security correspondents. His investigative work on radical Islamic fundamentalism is absolutely critical to this nation's national security. There is no one else who has exhibited the same expertise, courage and determination to tackle this vital issue." "With a largely young staff, including Arabic speakers, his outfit subscribes to Arab-language publications, surfs the Internet to visit radical sites, and use public documents to track overlapping directorships among groups. He also collected an impressive array of tapes, videos, and literature distributed by the groups, full of calls for jihad against the West and solicitations for cash…" "Steven Emerson is no doubt the world's greatest expert on radical Islamic terror networks. He's the 'go-to' guy for the government and the media." "Steve, you have been following this guy [Sami Al-Arian], you have been tracking this guy. You've been— you've been demanding that they do something about this guy…in fact, if there's one person in the nation who's probably single-handedly responsible for it [the arrest of Al-Arian], Steve Emerson." "Obviously, you're one of the foremost experts on terrorism, not only in America, but across the world." "Steve Emerson knows what he's talking about with terrorism." "You, ladies and gentlemen of the IPT, are crucial to the education of policy-makers and aware citizens in the US and beyond. You demonstrate with every publication of the newsletter, the power of open source intelligence. I am proud of your work and of you." "…[The] Investigative Project, the most comprehensive counter-terrorist institute in the world today. The Investigative Project is uniquely effective in tracking the activities of Islamic militant groups." "Researcher Steven Emerson digs deeper into the threat of Islamic terrorism than most journalists who cover the topic. That might be one reason why many journalists rely on his information for their own reporting. Using a staff of Arabic translators, the Freedom of Information Act, and his contacts at the FBI, Emerson generates the best information available on radical Islam and is increasingly consulted by Congress and other governmental bodies." |
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The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is a non-profit research group founded by Steven Emerson in 1995. It is recognized as the world's most comprehensive data center on radical Islamic terrorist groups. For more than a decade, the IPT has investigated the operations, funding, activities and front groups of Islamic terrorist and extremist groups in the United States and around the world. It has become a principal source of critical evidence to a wide variety of government offices and law enforcement agencies, as well as the U.S. Congress and numerous public policy forums. Research carried out by the IPT team has formed the basis for thousands of articles and television specials on the subject of radical Islamic involvement in terrorism, and has even led to successful government action against terrorists and financiers based in the United States.