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Home Front: WoT
FBI Probe Targets Suspected Islamic Extremists in U.S. Army
2012-06-27
[An Nahar] The FBI is investigating more than 100 suspected Islamic Death Eaters in the U.S. military, following the 2009 "lone wolf" attack by an alleged al-Qaeda sympathizer that killed 13 people at a Texas army base, a news report said Monday.

About a dozen of the cases are considered "serious" threats involving suspects believed to be actively planning attacks or in contact with dangerous cut-thoats, National Public Radio reported.

The potential internal threats come from active duty military as well as reserves and civilians with access to military installations, the radio broadcaster reported.

The Pentagon declined to comment on the investigations.

The FBI discussed the investigation at a joint House and Senate committee closed-door hearing last December, according to NPR.
See the NPR report here.
"I know one can say that as a percentage of the millions of people in active military service or working with contractors, the numbers you talk about are a small percentage of the total," Joseph Lieberman, the senator who presided over the hearing, told NPR.

"But the reality is it only took one man, Nidal Hasan, to kill 13 people at Fort Hood and injure a lot more."
Posted by:Fred

#8  About a dozen of the cases are considered "serious" threats involving suspects believed to be actively planning attacks or in contact with dangerous cut-thoats, National Public Radio reported

Well, as long that they complete mandatory diversity-awareness training, I'm sure it'll all turn out alright...
Posted by: Pappy   2012-06-27 23:16  

#7  Going to Penn State, are they, + N-O-T for Sandusky!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-27 19:39  

#6  "Doh"
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-06-27 15:06  

#5  That terrible racist FBI, how dare them target peacefull muslims....
Posted by: 49 Pan   2012-06-27 14:38  

#4  "Lone Wolves" make excellent intelligence sources, enable thousands of IR's to be written, and generally require little care and feeding.... until they go crackers before an overseas deployment and begin killing people.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-27 08:52  

#3  Not sure if you're in contact with AlQ you can be described as "lone Wolf"...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-06-27 07:21  

#2  I know it's totally out-of-the-box thinking, ....but are any of those under "investigation" enrolled in flight training or excited about becoming chemical officers or nuclear engineers?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-27 03:46  

#1  of course the fact that the Islamic extremists are all, well, moslem, doesn't really mean anything at all... its just a statistical quirk
Posted by: Lord Garth   2012-06-27 00:28  

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