Obama Administration Sees Homegrown Islamic Extremism on the Rise
According to DHS head Janet Napolitano, the danger of Islamic extremism in the United States is increasing, due largely to online propaganda: U.S. sees homegrown Muslim extremism as rising threat.
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued her strongest public comments yet on the homegrown threat.
“We’ve seen an increased number of arrests here in the U.S. of individuals suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, or supporting terror groups abroad such as Al Qaeda,” Napolitano said in a speech in New York. “Home-based terrorism is here. And, like violent extremism abroad, it will be part of the threat picture that we must now confront.”