As usual people miss the point. Homegrown lone nuts usually show no pattern and will always be harder to apprehend before they act because they tend to snap mentally and then shoot a bunch of people.
Radical islamic terrorist attacks can come from a large group outside the country or a small group inside. Those type of attacks take planning. That may involve phone calls, internet postings or what Homeland Sec refers to as "Chatter."
Also, homegrown islamonutters don't usually 'go postal' suddenly. They go through a process called radicalization. They move from a moderate ideology to one of hate, a gradual process before they decide America is evil and to take "revenge" for our wrongdoing in their minds.
So in conclusion we need to profile who we can see in advance that is likely to attack on our soil in order to prevent a "successful" attack. The "See something, say something" rule.
You can't stop an idiot who picks up a gun at college and shoots a bunch of female students because his brain has convinced him he can't get a date.
Radical islamic terrorist attacks can come from a large group outside the country or a small group inside. Those type of attacks take planning. That may involve phone calls, internet postings or what Homeland Sec refers to as "Chatter."
Also, homegrown islamonutters don't usually 'go postal' suddenly. They go through a process called radicalization. They move from a moderate ideology to one of hate, a gradual process before they decide America is evil and to take "revenge" for our wrongdoing in their minds.
So in conclusion we need to profile who we can see in advance that is likely to attack on our soil in order to prevent a "successful" attack. The "See something, say something" rule.
You can't stop an idiot who picks up a gun at college and shoots a bunch of female students because his brain has convinced him he can't get a date.
