Tuesday, February 23, 2010

U.S. CONCERNED BY THREAT OF DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS

FROM: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Concerned-by-Threat-of-Domestic-Extremists-84925877.html

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says authorities are becoming more concerned about American citizens or legal residents becoming involved in terrorist plots against the United States.

Speaking Sunday in Washington to a gathering of U.S. state governors, Napolitano said law enforcement officials do not have good methods for preventing people from becoming violent extremists.

In one recent case, five young Pakistani men who lived in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., traveled to Pakistan where they allegedly attempted to join militant Islamist groups.

In a separate incident, an Afghan-born resident of the western state of Colorado was arrested last year and charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.

Officials at the meeting of U.S. governors endorsed outreach efforts by law enforcement agencies to Muslim communities.


*** Great! Canada and the United States are at least on the same page by making the same mistakes (law enforcement lacking ability to prevent as well as poor outreach efforts). This is not to say the cooperation between the two is excellent, however, serious lapses exist and must be dealt with quickly and efficiently. Policing alone is not a solution - it will require a whole-of-apparatus approach. MS ***