U.S. Investigators Struggle to Track Homegrown ISIS Suspects

The New York Times ^ | 19 Nov 2015 | Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Schmitt And Matt Apuzzo

[Theoria]

At least three dozen people in the United States suspected of ties to the Islamic State were under heavy electronic or physical surveillance even before the Paris attacks, senior American officials say. But unlike the attackers in France, the officials say, the majority of those under investigation here never traveled to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State or receive training from it.

In many ways, the officials say, that makes the American investigations even harder. Those under investigation typically have little terrorism expertise or support from a cell, which makes thwarting an Islamic State-inspired attack in the United States less like stopping a traditional terrorist plot and more like trying to prevent a school shooting.

Stopping a potential attack has taken on new urgency after Paris, which served as a reminder that even people who have already caught the eye of intelligence services can spring attacks on short notice. Although at this point American officials say there is no credible threat from the Islamic State inside the United States, they worry that Paris could provide the spark to inspire angry, troubled people to finally do something violent.

This year, American counterterrorism officials began focusing their resources on these Americans — known as homegrown violent extremists — after the Islamic State altered its tactics. After months of trying to persuade Americans to travel to join it in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, began using social media to urge its sympathizers in the United States to stay put and plot violence here.

“They’re targeting the school-shooter types, the mentally ill, people with dysfunctional families and those struggling to cope with different issues,” said one senior law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak to reporters.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Million dollar bounties work for me.

[choctaw man]

From the article: “...Succar, 57, who immigrated to the United States when he was 10, also noted that “Third World countries, particularly places like Syria, do not have the network of information the United States has.”

http://nypost.com/2015/11/19/syrian-community-leader-isis-is-already-in-new-york-city/

[bunkerhill7]

Round em up! Move em OUTTA HERE!!!!

Head ‘em up, move ‘em on. Move ‘em out, head ‘em up. Rawhide.
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in. Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out. Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in. Rawhide, ha, ha.

[Vinnie]

Program your local FBI office phone number into your cell phone.

I did right after 9/11

[doberville]

MICROCHIP ‘em.
Catch and release. . .if you must. . .but chip them so we will KNOW where they are.