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BIGGEST TERROR THREAT: HOMEGROWN ISLAMIC RADICALS: ?The largest threat to the U.S. is no longer Os?

By Glenn Reynolds

BIGGEST TERROR THREAT: HOMEGROWN ISLAMIC RADICALS: “The largest threat to the U.S. is no longer Osama Bin Laden, according to the director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCIC), Michael Leiter, but is now Anwar Al-Awlaki, the head of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group based out of Yemen. The increased threat that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula poses revolves heavily around its ability to attract and reach U.S.-natives who want to be trained in terrorism techniques, and who could fall beneath the radar of intelligence circles more easily.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).