Post by dgriffin on Jul 29, 2009 20:25:02 GMT -5
"Radicalization" of Americans worrying: Holder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned on Wednesday of increased "radicalization" of Americans in recent months, two days after seven people were arrested in North Carolina for allegedly plotting attacks overseas.
Holder, the top U.S. law enforcement officer, expressed significant concerns about people going abroad and then returning to the United States with the "aim of doing harm to the American people."
"The constant scream of threats, the kind of things you have to be aware about, the whole notion of radicalization is something that didn't loom as large a few months ago ... as it does now," Holder said in an interview with ABC News.
The FBI has been investigating whether the teens from Minnesota were recruited by the group to fight in an insurgency against Somalia's Western-backed government.
www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE56T05Q20090730
OK, I'm worried about Minnesota teenagers being recruited to fight in Somalia. But is the next step to worry about such "radicalization" as trying to kick incumbents out of office, obtain the ability to recall politicians, or to organize peacefully to lower taxes and spending? It's always fear of something that's used to justify the killing of freedoms.