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Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:39PM A reader with an inside perspective responded to Chris Carter's column in late January titled ‘Afghan soldiers killing US soldiers…’ Carter is associate editor at The US Report. Carter began his column with this:
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 12:13PM By Chris Carter and Shawn Moore
US citizen Majid Khan went to Pakistan to meet Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (photo). The sheikh is believed to have masterminded the 9/11 attacks; he is currently awaiting trial. This photo was an exhibit in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui who was convicted on terrorism charges and is currently serving a life sentence. (Photo, US Government)This week the Department of Justice announced that our intelligence community foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. While our counterterrorism strategy is successful at preventing terrorist plots from foreign sources, it fails to stop the flow of American citizens committing terrorist attacks abroad.
Since 9/11 the United States has prevented or disrupted 39 known terrorist plots – 40 counting the foiled Iranian plot. We have also curtailed the transfer of material support to foreign terrorist groups.
But the flow of potential U.S. terrorists is much harder to monitor and regulate. Increased airport security, increased law enforcement, intelligence liaisons abroad, and heightened citizen awareness of suspicious behaviors have been unsuccessful at stopping U.S. citizens from engaging in terrorist acts abroad.
On Oct. 29, 2008, 26-year-old Shirwa Ahmed drove his Toyota Land Cruiser through the streets of Hargesa, Somalia. Arriving at his target, Ahmed detonated his suicide truck bomb, killing 29. The naturalized U.S. citizen from Minneapolis became America’s first known suicide bomber.
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 3:29PM By Chris Carter
As discussed yesterday at The US Report, President Obama is peddling a jobs bill that contains elements that may actually be unconstitutional. But there appears to be more to the story.
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 9:47AM By Chris Carter
The Jawa report did a full investigation on an Ohio security official's ties and his past.(Screen snip of Jawa site]
National Public Radio featured a story about a Muslim homeland security official who was fired after a photo showing him with members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations was featured in an anti-terrorism seminar.
The official in the photo, Omar Alomari, a 60-year-old Jordanian-American, served as a multicultural relations officer for the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 7:00PM Last year, the Dept. of Justice shut down numerous pending prosecutions against faith-based groups and individuals that were suspected of aiding foreign terrorist organizations. By doing so, did those responsible for the decision commit a felony?
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 3:55PM On Nov. 5, 2009, a US Army officer opened fire in a Fort Hood (Texas) medical facility, killing 13 and wounding 30. On Jan. 8, 2010, a man opened fire at a townhall-style event at a Tucson, Ariz. grocery store, killing 6 and wounding 20. Both events appear similar, but media reaction and impact are drastically different.
