AP Interview: FBI's LA boss says homegrown terrorists top concern

[Kadie]

AP Interview: FBI's LA boss says homegrown terrorists top concern

By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES

The FBI's new regional chief says the threat of homegrown militants remains a top concern five months after authorities uncovered an alleged terrorism plot by Americans targeting synagogues and military recruiting centers around Los Angeles.

"What keeps me awake at night? A homegrown cell that has taken seed and grown," J. Stephen Tidwell, assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles field office, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. "That is one of the things that we fear the most."

Three men two of them U.S. born were indicted last month on federal charges of conspiring to wage war against the government through terrorism for allegedly planning shooting rampages at the Los Angeles-area sites. All three have pleaded not guilty.

Tidwell said the homegrown threat has increased as terrorist groups have spread their ideology overseas through propaganda. He said one of the suicide bombers in the July attacks on London's public transit system was a citizen who'd been radicalized in a year.

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http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California2/CA_Terrorism_FBI_221077CA.shtml

[Ian David]

1. Really?

Anyone remember this guy? The Pipebomb Republican?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=178069&mesg_id=178069

[Atman]

2. Dude, it like sucks when some dude rips yer homegrown!

That's like terra'ism of the baddest kind, man!

[benburch]

4. An den SELLS it.

Bastids!

[PerceptionManagement]

3. Then why do we hear about quakers and anti-war protesters being spied on?

How come we never hear about these homegrown right wing organizations being spied on? Is it me? I cant think of a single case...

[Jim Sagle]

5. Head for the hills, the vegans are coming!

[DanCa]

6. So there finally going after Bush's anti choice base?