FBI Investigating Radical Terrorists in All 50 States

[Team Sergeant]

It's about time, thank you President Trump.........






FBI Investigating Radical Terrorists in All 50 States as Threats Hit Peak


Terrorists inside America plotting attacks 'each and every single day'

BY: Adam Kredo
April 18, 2017 12:08 pm

Federal authorities have open investigations into radical Islamic terrorists in all 50 states, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which is warning that the threat of terrorism in the United States has reached an all time high with radicalized individuals in the country plotting to strike "each and every single day."

The FBI has "open terrorist investigations in all 50 states," according to DHS Secretary John Kelly, who disclosed on Tuesday that there have been at least 37 "ISIS-linked plots to attack our country" since 2013, a number that shows no signs of diminishing.

Kelly, in his first wide-ranging public address on the threat of terrorism in America since taking office, warned that America's borders remain wide-open and that there is evidence terror-linked individuals are exploiting these national security weaknesses and entering the United States.

"We don’t know their intentions," Kelly said during an address at George Washington University. "We don’t know why they’re here or why they’re coming. We are completely blind to what they’re capable of."

Terrorist also continues to sprout inside American communities across the country, according to Kelly, who said that in just the past year, there have been "36 homegrown terrorist cases in 18 states."

"We’ve seen an unprecedented spike in homegrown terrorism," Kelly disclosed. "These are the cases we know about—homegrown terrorism is notoriously difficult to predict and control."

Terrorists in the United States are plotting attacks "every single day," according to Kelly.

"I tell you, without exaggeration, they try to carry out this mission each and every single day and no one can tell you how to stop it. No one," he said.

The United States, he continued, is "under attack" from a wide variety of bad actors, including "failed states, cyber-terrorists, vicious smugglers, and sadistic radicals."

"And we are under attack every single day," he said. "The threats are relentless."

Those who slip over the border undetected, including criminals and potential radicalized terrorists, pose an unparalleled threat to the country.

"We don’t get to vet them," Kelly said. "We don’t know their intentions. We don’t know they’re here. They slip into our country unnoticed, living among us, and we are completely blind as to what they are capable of."


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http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...eats-hit-peak/

[Hand]

"We’ve seen an unprecedented spike in homegrown terrorism," Kelly disclosed. "These are the cases we know about—homegrown terrorism is notoriously difficult to predict and control."

Is it? Isn't the claim that all these "self-radicalized", "lone-wolf" terrorist seek out mentors and training on... social media?

And correct me if I'm wrong here, but isnt the NSA monitoring digital communications?

Is the difficulty in establishing true intent to harm versus playing jihadi?

[Divemaster]

Hasn't the FBI been saying publicly for a few years now that they have ongoing investigations in all 50 states?

Sorry, I don't see Trump's hand in this.

Hand,

First, there is a difference between collecting communications and analyzing communications. Unless the collection is targeted, the task is not quite as futile as leaving the landing lights on for Amelia Earhart, but it ain't easy either.

Second, something as simple as a news report of a previous attack could set someone off, be they a wannabe jihadi or seeking the Guinness mass shooting record. No traceable connections are required.

That said, it is stunning how often the phrase "previously known to police" is used in connection with an attacker after the deed is done. However, not even the Soviets...I mean the Russian Federation, or China have an internal security apparatus up to the task of pervasive surveillance on every radical, quasi-radical, or unstable YouTube viewer within their borders.

At least in the Western democracies, the phrase "actionable intelligence" matters. If memory serves, the Charlie Hebdo terrorists had been under surveillance for some time. Then they behaved themselves long enough (several months) to bore surveillance to death. While that is actually often a sign of operational discipline, limited resources can only be bored for so long before they must be reallocated to more (seemingly) worthy targets.