Clifford D. May es presidente de la Fundación por la Defensa de las Democracias, un instituto especializado en terrorismo y creado inmediatamente después de los atentados del 11-S en Estados Unidos.El Sr. May tiene una distinguida carrera en relaciones internacionales, periodismo, comunicaciones y política.Veterano reportero, corresponsal extranjero y editor del New York Times y otras publicaciones, ha cubierto reportajes en más de 25 países incluyendo Irán, Pakistán, Sudán, China y Rusia. Entre 1997 hasta 2001 fue Director de Comunicaciones del Partido Republicano estando a cargo de todas las actividades de comunicación del partido que incluían planeamiento estratégico, servicios para prensa, radio y televisión, discursos, anuncios y marketing. Tiene un Máster de Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs así como de la Escuela de Periodismo de Columbia University. Y posee un Certificado del idioma ruso así como de Literatura concedido por la Universidad de Leningrado.

Lewis Libby’s lawyers are quietly filing appeals while President Bush privately ponders arguments for and against a pardon. But now is not the time for this controversy to fade away. Now is the time for it to begin in earnest. The compromise of America ’s national security should not be swept under a rug. Descargar PDF

For a moment, focus on the present. Right now, there are three reasons the United States needs to be in Iraq. Descargar PDF

It's difficult to say what motivates someone to take his own life, but when three Militant Islamists coordinate their suicides, as happened recently at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, there is at least a basis for speculation. Descargar PDF

A hundred years ago, Americans could use typewriters, the telegraph and primitive telephones. Today, Americans have computers, the Internet, cell phones, satellite television and radio, DVDs, iPods, email and instant messaging. A hundred years ago, Americans could have personal vehicles powered by internal combustion engines running on gasoline. Today, Americans can have personal vehicles powered by internal combustion engines running on gasoline. You see the problem? Descargar PDF

Are you surprised that terrorists appear to have set their sights on such unlikely targets as the Parliament building in Ottawa and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in Toronto? Astonished that anyone would even consider sawing off the head of a Canadian Prime Minister? Are you thinking: What could anyone have against free, democratic, liberal, multicultural, diverse and tolerant Canada? The question answers itself. Freedom, democracy, liberalism, multiculturalism, diversity and tolerance – these are precisely the attributes that Militant Islamists find most offensive. Descargar PDF

Right now, there are three reasons the United States needs to be in Iraq. The most important: to fight al-Qaeda, the leader of the global Mili-tant Islamist movement, the sworn enemy of America and freedom. Wherever al-Qaeda is, Americans must be there, too -- with weapons at the ready. And without question, al-Qaeda's most lethal units are in Iraq, commanded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Descargar PDF

The United States is now engaged in what is called an “asymmetrical war,” a conflict in which the two sides fight in different ways and using different weapons. Descargar PDF

The problem is not that Hamas will not recognize Israel. The problem is that Hamas cannot recognize Israel.Hamas is a terrorist group that has become a political party. More sig-nificantly, however, it is a religious organization and part of a global movement. Descargar PDF