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2014-08-31 Home Front: WoT

FBI National Domestic Threat Assessment Omits Islamist Terrorism

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

We here at headquarters, are requesting your assistance in finding the surviving workplace violence suspect.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-31 07:33|| 2014-08-31 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Islamic terrorism is not a threat, to the FBI. The Islamic types don't want to cut the FBI's budget, and any attacks will result in further expansion of FBI's power.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-08-31 08:22|| 2014-08-31 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The FBI must be channeling the Southern Poverty Law Center where they are showing images of people in hoods and white sheets burning crosses at night as a national threat (must use 1920s file photos).

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-31 10:28|| 2014-08-31 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Well to identift Islamic Terrorist would be 'islamophobic'. And like the good officials of Rotherham UK, they, or more likely the ones at the top, don't want to appear 'islamophobic'.

One wonders how many underage-sex-trafficking rings and/or terrorist threats the lower and some mid-level FBI agents are being ordered to ignore from the Elitists at the top in the name of Political Correctness.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-08-31 11:24|| 2014-08-31 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Well to identift Islamic Terrorist would be 'islamophobic'.

Not to mention adversely affecting hiring goals.

Posted by Pappy 2014-08-31 13:13|| 2014-08-31 13:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I wondered how many Muslims are in the U.S. and to what extent there might be Islamist threats. A study was done by a researcher at the University of Kentucky in 2011. The estimated number of Muslims in the U.S. at that time was about 7M. One somewhat alarming statistic in the survey was that the number of mosques had increased in the U.S.: "Bagby identified 2,106 U.S. mosques, up from 1,209 in 2000 and 962 in 1994." The number of mosques had nearly doubled from 2000 to 2011. Survey results reported here.

If 10% of Muslims are/get radicalized, then that would be about 700,000. One article discusses radicalized Muslims and the percentage is much higher. Here. Suppose, for a minute, that one accepts 10% as the number, 700,000 Muslims with jihad and Sharia law on their minds is not a trivial problem. They can cause a lot of trouble.

Why would 700,000 Muslims be ignored as a problem? They are not that large a voting block when one considers how many might be of voting age and how many actually vote, etc. (although, The other day, I saw an article that reported 70%+ of the Muslims gave Obama a favorable job rating). I suppose they could swing an election.

The fact that the FBI does not include the Islamists in their threat assessments could be:

1. Political correctness could be squelching this heresy (sarc). It seems to be rampant in the federal government.
2. I don't know but maybe Muslims are in upper managerial ranks of the FBI. If they are, they might be able to discourage such reporting--probably would never have happened J.Edgar Hoover's day.
3. The executive branch might be driving this.
4. Perhaps too much attention is given to groups like CAIR and other Muslim groups who are very politically active in the U.S.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-31 16:11|| 2014-08-31 16:11|| Front Page Top

#7 the number is much lower than 7M. It is to their advantage to overestimate their numbers - much like the "Million Man March"

Posted by Frank G 2014-08-31 17:26|| 2014-08-31 17:26|| Front Page Top

#8 It is to their advantage to overestimate their numbers

What Frank G. said. According to the Pew report on the subject from 2009, they estimated the United States Muslim population at a total of 2,454,000, which is 0.8% of the US population and 0.2% of the world Muslim population of 1,571,198,000.

There is a big emotional hook to having as many or more Muslims in America than Jews... and last I looked there were about six million American Jews.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-31 18:20|| 2014-08-31 18:20|| Front Page Top

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