Author Archive

Ali Soufan

CEO, Soufan Group

Ali Soufan
Ali Soufan, a former FBI special agent and a leading national security and counterterrorism expert, is the CEO of The Soufan Group, founder of The Soufan Center, and author, including of The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 (W. W. Norton, 2020).
Ideas

In a Changing Security Environment, Defend Your Values

America’s inclusive narrative, and its capacity to learn, remain a beacon for the world.

  • Ali Soufan and Naureen Chowdhury Fink
Ideas

Mr. Vice President, Now Is the Time

Mike Pence must unify the nation. He must tell the truth about the election results to the millions who voted for him on the same ballot as Trump.

  • Ali Soufan
Ideas

Telling the Truth About CIA Torture

Trump’s nominee to lead the agency should answer a number of tough questions about her role in its now-defunct “enhanced interrogation” program.

  • Ali Soufan, The Atlantic
Ideas

How Al-Qaeda Benefits From America's Political Divisions

If the United States wishes to defeat bin Laden's heirs and the toxic potency of their message, it needs to recommit to its most basic values.

  • Ali Soufan, The Atlantic