Who’s Learning Faster, Al Qaeda or Us? – Homeland Security Today
There are a growing number of Americans who, despite enjoying the benefits of freedom and rule of law, choose to become terrorists, bent on killing their countrymen, destroying property, and if necessary, dying in the process. They pose a unique danger because impressionable and misguided Americans can plan and execute attacks in anonymity more effectively than their non-American terrorist brethren. They represent the “nightmare” threat scenario.