Terrorists in the Backyard

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The Real Terror Threat in America

As we look into who, what , where and why when it comes to trying to make sense of the senseless terror attacks that occur, let first try to uncover where it stems from.

Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States in the past decade and a half has been carried out by American citizens or legal permanent residents, operating either as lone wolves or in pairs, who have no formal connections or training from terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda or ISIS.

The homegrown terror threat poses a huge problem for U.S. law enforcement, as lone wolves are not communicating via email or on the phone with foreign terrorist organizations, the type of communications that can be intercepted by the U.S. intelligence community. How will it ever be stopped?