New Terrorism Adviser Takes A 'Broad Tent' Approach -- NPRThere's a pattern to recent terror attacks in the United States: Americans — either citizens or residents — have been behind them. In the past two years, dozens of American citizens and residents have been arrested on terrorism charges.
In some cases, the suspects were young Muslims traveling overseas to train for violent jihad. In others, they're accused of actually trying to launch attacks. Attorney General Eric Holder said homegrown terrorism is one of those things that keeps U.S. officials awake at night.
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My Comment: The most interesting part of this story was the following tidbit of information ....
..... As part of his research, Wiktorowicz interviewed hundreds of Islamists in the United Kingdom. After compiling his interviews he came to the conclusion that — contrary to popular belief — very religious Muslims were in fact the people who ended up being the most resistant to radicalization.
Hmmmm .... granted that this research was done in the U.K., and very religious and devout leaders in other countries may not be holding the same mindset .... but this data is still very interesting.