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Paranoid liberal sow Janet Napolitano warns of Domestic TerrorismThreat.. Fear mongering from Obama.
On Feb 10, 8:27*pm, "Leroy N. Soetoro" >
wrote: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57613437318654.... > html > > WASHINGTON—The proliferation of radicalized followers of al Qaeda within > the U.S. has put the nation at a heightened risk of terrorist attacks, > though on a smaller scale than the Sept. 11, 2001, strikes, security > officials told Congress Wednesday. > > "The terrorist threat facing our country has evolved significantly in the > last 10 years—and continues to evolve," Homeland Security Secretary Janet > Napolitano told a House committee exploring the threat from homegrown > radicals. > > The U.S. government's response to 9/11 limited the threat of a major > terrorist attack launched by al Qaeda from overseas, Ms. Napolitano said. > But lone-wolf extremists with little or no formal connection to al Qaeda > have proliferated and are potentially plotting small-scale attacks in the > U.S, officials said. > > "In some ways, the threat facing us is at its most heightened state since" > 9/11, Ms. Napolitano told the House Committee on Homeland Security. "We > face a threat environment where violent extremism is not defined or > contained by international borders," she said > > U.S. counterterrorism officials, led by White House terrorism adviser John > Brennan, are turning their sights on the threat posed by homegrown > extremists, even as they put more pressure on al Qaeda's presumed central > operations near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. > > Homegrown extremists can be individuals who become violently radicalized, > perhaps after exposure to jihadi videos, sermons and training manuals > available on the Internet, security officials say. Such plotters are > harder for counterterrorism officials to spot because they have few links > with known terrorist operatives and often don't travel overseas for > training. > > Counterterrorism officials say the shooting spree at Ft. Hood, Texas, in > November 2009, in which 13 people were killed and 32 others were wounded, > highlights the deadly potential from attacks carried out by an individual > with no formal links to al Qaeda. > > The U.S. military will determine later this month if the suspect, Maj. > Nidal Malik Hasan, is fit to stand trial. Maj. Hasan's legal team so far > hasn't entered a plea regarding the charges against him. > > Prosecutors say Maj. Hasan had been in email contact with a violent > cleric, Anwar Awlaki, who U.S. officials say is a key member of al Qaeda > in the Arabian Peninsula. > > Sens. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, and Susan Collins, a > Republican from Maine, concluded in a report released last week that the > Pentagon and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had clear warning signs > of "Hasan's radicalization to violent Islamist extremism but failed both > to understand and to act on it." > > The FBI has used sting operations to foil a number of homegrown plots in > recent years, including attempts to blow up buildings in Dallas and > Springfield, Ill., and to attack the Washington, D.C., subway. > > Michael Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, > testified Wednesday that such plots indicate "the ideology espoused by al > Qaeda and its adherents is motivating, or being used as a justification > by, individuals to attack the homeland." > > While attacks plotted by individuals aren't nearly as well-organized or > ambitious as the high-profile attacks preferred by al Qaeda, he said, > "attacks need not be sophisticated to be deadly." > > The rise of homegrown threats has occurred despite U.S. successes fighting > al Qaeda's central command, according to a report released this week by > the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think > tank. The report said terrorists use the presence of U.S. troops in the > Middle East and South Asia as a recruiting device, and that the "al Qaeda > 'brand' now resonates with an increasingly diverse (although still narrow) > cross-section of Muslims around the world." > > -- > Obama's black racist USAG appointee. > > Eric Holder, racist black United States Attorney General drops voter > intimidation charges against the Black Panthers, *"You are about to be > ruled by the black man, cracker!" > > Eric Holder, prejudiced black United States Attorney General settles the > hate crime debate, "Whites Not Protected by Hate Crime Laws." > > Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact, to > former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New > York's million dollar tax evasion. *On December 3, 2010, Congress voted to > censure Rangel for 11 ethics violations. *House Speaker Nancy Pelosi > fought removal of Charles B. Rangel from the House Ways and Means > Committee. > > Felony President. *18 USC, Sec. 600. Promise of employment or other > benefit for political activity > > Obama violated the law by trying to buy Joe Sestak off with a political > appointment in exchange for not pursuing an election bid to replace Arlen > Specter. *Obama violated the law by trying to buy former Colorado House > Speaker Andrew Romanoff off last fall to see if he'd be interested in an > administration job -- instead of running against Sen. Michael Bennet. > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- Uncle Suckemoff still welcomes about 80K muslim immigrants a year. |
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