Today's Situation Room:

Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.

Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.

October 21st, 2014
08:53 PM ET

Ex-counterterror chief: Threat imminent

The former head of U.S. counterterror operations sat down with Jim Sciutto and said the "imminent threat" posed by an al Qaeda offshoot in Syria hasn't lessened after a U.S. air campaign there. Full story

Post by:
Filed under: ISIS • Jim Sciutto • Khorasan • Matt Olsen • Terror
October 21st, 2014
06:16 PM ET

Skull examined in Hannah Graham case

Brian Todd reports on what investigators are doing with remains discovered in the search for Hannah Graham.

Post by:
Filed under: Brian Todd • Hannah Graham
October 21st, 2014
05:58 PM ET

Colorado girls caught en route to join ISIS

Authorities stopped three Colorado teenage girls on their way to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Pamela Brown reports.

Post by:
Filed under: ISIS • National security • Pamela Brown • Terror
October 21st, 2014
05:54 PM ET

ISIS says it seized arms dropped by U.S.

ISIS claims to have captured weapons and supplies from a U.S. airdrop, which was intended for the Kurds fighting ISIS.

Post by:
Filed under: Barbara Starr • ISIS • National security • Terror
Former U.S. counterterror chief: 'Imminent threat' remains
October 21st, 2014
04:08 PM ET

Former U.S. counterterror chief: 'Imminent threat' remains

Watch CNN's full interview with Matt Olsen during "The Situation Room," airing from 5-7 p.m. ET.

The former head of U.S. counterterror operations said Tuesday the "imminent threat" posed by an al Qaeda offshoot in Syria hasn't lessened after a U.S. air campaign there.

Speaking to CNN's Jim Sciutto, Matt Olsen said by his analysis the threat from the Khorasan group "is still in the same place as it was before" President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes against the terror operation last month. Full story

Post by:
Filed under: ISIS • Jim Sciutto • Khorasan • Matt Olsen • National security • Wolf Blitzer