Terrorism in the USA:threat & response

[Bill Moore]

Good catch David, I was hoping to get around to peering into judicialwatch to see if they were credible. As Fabius points out, it is a far right propaganda organization managed by an ass clown. ISIL already has access to the U.S. via the internet and its numerous supporters. I don't think anyone in the security business is ignoring the problem, so it is unlikely a blog is provide groundbreaking intelligence. Judicialwatch is just jumping on the Mexican border bandwagon. The border is a major political issue in the U.S., so the left and right spread their half truths to make political hay. It will only get worse with the Presidential election coming up soon.

There are tens of thousands of Muslims south of our border. I can't recall the latest estimate, but there are approximately 200,000 Muslims in Mexico, with up to half being local converts. If you view every Muslim as a terrorist, then I guess they have terrorist training camps everywhere

I think the Fox Report quoting the State Department pretty much captures the reality. Our intelligence and law enforcement officials will investigate any report related to terrorist threats and if there is any truth to it. If there is, they'll get after it as non-conspiracy folks will realize when they see the number of terrorist attacks that our security forces have pre-empted.

[AdamG]

'Far Right', 'enlightened Left', Progressive, whichever - Open Source is ripe with talking heads excreting their personal (or externally funded) bias.

Guess neither of you saw my other post, chock full of dichotomy.

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...&postcount=401

[davidbfpo]

Cited in part:

Guess neither of you saw my other post, chock full of dichotomy.

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...&postcount=401

Yes I did thanks. There is considerable evidence about the radicalisation amongst the Somali-American community in Minneapolis, so the linked report was hardly a surprise. See:http://soufangroup.com/tsg-intelbrie...united-states/

[tequila]

I think the cartels would win this fight pretty handily.

Perhaps ISIS is just looking to diversify its supply from the Beka'a?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-its-weed.html

[Bill Moore]

'Far Right', 'enlightened Left', Progressive, whichever - Open Source is ripe with talking heads excreting their personal (or externally funded) bias.

Guess neither of you saw my other post, chock full of dichotomy.

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...&postcount=401

Adam,

I did, and I also think eventually we'll see a terror-criminal network nexus south of our border to some extent, but I don't think it will be JudicialWatch breaking the news. I'm certainly not critiquing your post, I actually sent the article to a few folks with the caveat I have no idea how credible JW is.

If anyone is keeping stats I suspect radicalization within the U.S. is increasing, but that is no more than a hunch based on the unexplained popularity of ISIL.

[AdamG]

Dave,
I'm just not particular about who gets used as the stalking horse.

I think the cartels would win this fight pretty handily.

The cartels have been moving away from weed as a cash crop, and I'd be more inclined to think that given the right volume of cash, they'd also rent out their pipeline into the US to anyone. It's not like the Cartels have any love for the US .gov.

Adam,

I did, and I also think eventually we'll see a terror-criminal network nexus south of our border to some extent, but I don't think it will be JudicialWatch breaking the news. I'm certainly not critiquing your post, I actually sent the article to a few folks with the caveat I have no idea how credible JW is.

If anyone is keeping stats I suspect radicalization within the U.S. is increasing, but that is no more than a hunch based on the unexplained popularity of ISIL.

Ja, ja, I know - but given how stupid the first decade & a half this century has been, I'd not be surprised if a Judicialwatch *was* the one to stumble onto the proverbial smoking burqa in the High Sierra.

I'll just leave this four year old flashback here with some reading music

Controversial Muslim cleric is arrested while sneaking into the U.S.

January 27, 2011|By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times

Deported from Canada to Tunisia three years ago, Muslim cleric Said Jaziri was found hiding in the trunk of a BMW near the Mexican border.

Reporting from San Diego — U.S. border authorities have arrested a controversial Muslim cleric who was deported from Canada to Tunisia three years ago and was caught earlier this month trying to sneak into California in the trunk of a BMW, according to court documents.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan...leric-20110127