Security Brief: ‘Home-grown jihadists’ a growing headache for FBI

The recent rash of cases involving alleged or admitted “American jihadists” has caused anxiety among U.S. counterterrorism officials. The suspects’ U.S. citizenship or permanent residency makes travel easier, making them very attractive recruits for jihadist groups. And the very different backgrounds of those arrested or convicted in recent months means a profile of the typical homegrown radical is not easy to compile.

But counterterrorism officials have long seen this threat coming. In 2007, the New York Police Department issued a detailed report warning that “homegrown radicalization” was destined to become a major terrorist threat.

And last fall, Mitch Silber, who runs intelligence analysis for the NYPD, said that in the previous year, U.S. authorities had uncovered nine plots in which “home-grown radicalization” played a part. In several instances, people who had traveled abroad to carry out “jihad” had instead refocused their plans on the United States.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/23/security-brief-home-grown-jihadists-a-growing-headache-for-fbi/

Radical Islam is the enemy right here in the US of A.