Hang their traitorous asses for treason. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/ > > Dem Rep: 40 American ISIL Fighters Have Already Returned to the United > States > These individuals under surveillance, 'being tracked' by the FBI > SHARE > <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/> > TWEET > <http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fnational-security%2Fdem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states%2F&text=Dem%20Rep:%2040%20American%20ISIL%20Fighters%20Have%20Already%20Returned%20to%20the%20United%20States> > EMAIL > <?subject=Check%20Out%20http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/> > [image: AP] > <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/> > > AP > > > BY: Adam Kredo <http://freebeacon.com/author/adam-kredo/> > September 19, 2014 9:35 am > > Rep. Tim Bishop (D., N.Y.) warned during a recent speech that up to 40 > radicalized U.S. citizens who have fought alongside the Islamic State of > Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS) have already returned to the United States, > where they could pose a terrorist threat. > > Bishop claims that of the 100 or so Americans who have traveled to the > Middle East to join ISIL’s ranks, some 40 have returned and are currently > being surveilled by the FBI, according to his remarks, which were filmed > and uploaded > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5gPDpYSMyw&list=UUqNfXxfww4ATBZsbv64nwRg> to > YouTube last week. > > “One of the concerns is the number of U.S. citizens who have left our > country to go join up with ISIS,” Bishop said during the speech. “It is > believed there have been some number up to 100 that have done that.” > > “It is also believed that some 40 of those who left this country to join > up with ISIS have now returned to our country,” Bishop said, eliciting > shocked responses from some in the crowd. > > These 40 individuals, Bishop said, “are under FBI attention and > surveillance. So they are known and being tracked by the FBI.” > > Lawmakers have warned that radicalized ISIL fighters could clandestinely > enter the United States through the porous southern border. > > U.S. officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other > security agencies have said that while the southern border poses a risk, > they are more concerned about lone wolf attacks in which an isolated > radicalized individual with sympathy to ISIL carries out a solo terror > attack. > > Bishop said that while ISIL poses and extreme threat, it is not yet > capable of attacking the United States, though that could change as the > group grows in strength and resources. > > “It is a very, very complex and very, very dangerous threat and I think > the plan that the president outlined the other night [in his national > speech] is a good plan,” Bishop maintained. > > President Obama “is correct to recognize the threat, and it clearly is a > threat to the stability of the Middle East, a region that is already > remarkably unstable,” Bishop said. > > “It is not yet a threat to the homeland, but there is a concern that it > could metastasize in such a way that it could become a threat to the > homeland,” Bishop said, echoing concerns expressed by lawmakers on both > sides of the isle. > > “But at the present time, the intelligence is ISIS does not present a > threat to the homeland, although that is not something that will remain > static going out into the future,” Bishop said, describing the regional > upheaval as “more of a political conflict in the Arab world then a > sectarian conflict” between Muslims. > > DHS has said that while there is no evidence of a direct threat by ISIL to > the United States, it is aware that the group’s affiliates have been > discussing the possibility of crossing the southern border. > > “There have been Twitter, social media exchanges among ISIL adherents > across the globe speaking about that as a possibility,” Francis Taylor, > under secretary for intelligence and analysis at DHS, told senators during > a recent hearing > <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-confirms-isil-planning-infiltration-of-u-s-southern-border/> > . > > Other U.S. officials also have discussed the possibility of an ISIL > adherent carrying out an attack on the United States. > > “We remain mindful of the possibility that an ISIL-sympathizer—perhaps > motivated by online propaganda—could conduct a limited, self-directed > attack here at home with no warning,” Matthew Olsen, director of the U.S. > National Counterterrorism Center, said in a speech earlier this month. > > “We have seen ISIL use a range of media to tout its military capabilities, > executions of captured soldiers, and consecutive battlefield victories,” > Olsen said. “More recently, the group’s supporters have sustained this > momentum on social media by encouraging attacks in the U.S. and against > U.S. interests in retaliation for our airstrikes. ISIL has used this > propaganda campaign to draw foreign fighters to the group, including many > from Western > > > http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/10/08/gop-rep-at-least-ten-isis-fighters-have-been-caught-coming-across-the-mexican-border/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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