An Intelligence Gold Mine: Al Qaeda’s Jack Roche

In a maximum-security prison, I interviewed Jack Roche, Australia’s most notorious Al Qaeda inmate. I also met Jack Roche’s Indonesian wife Afifah who genuinely cared for him.
The FBI paid Al Qaeda’s Jack Roche in cash while he was in detention. They looked after him and they have a lot of experience working with people like him. The FBI did not do anything wrong by paying him.

The Changing Australian Threat Landscape

Australia’s national security community is facing a critical moment in its history of countering extremism, radicalisation, and crime and terror.

In its 2026 annual threat assessment, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director General Mike Burgess revealed that Australia has foiled 31 major terrorism plots since 2014. He added that 14 “significant terror-related cases” have been resolved since the Bondi terror attack in December 2025.

In this article, I map the threat landscape and the challenges the Australians will have to navigate in the coming months and years…

Will the radicalisation of protesters lead to more terrorist attacks in Australia?

Both the terrorist attackers that participated in the Bondi beach participated in the pro-Palestine protests. These protests even said “gas the Jews”. These protests are radicalising people on a dangerously large scale.
As Israeli President ends his visit to Australia, there is much to learn and do. The international security community has to act fast, including the Australian government too.
In the link below, I write about the developments in Australia amidst this Head of State visit and outline the extent to which the protestors are willing to go to spread anti-semitism and violence.