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'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
The Obama Administration is warning of "home-based terrorism," attacks by American citizens on American soil. How vulnerable are American Muslims to radical propaganda? Is the threat being overstated for political purposes? Also, Illinois will take some Guantánamo detainees, and Copenhagen is waiting… for Barack Obama.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe Obama Administration is warning of "home-based terrorism," attacks by American citizens on American soil. How vulnerable are American Muslims to radical propaganda? Is the threat being overstated for political purposes? Also, Illinois has agreed to take some Guantánamo detainees. On Reporter's Notebook, will President Obama be able to shake up the climate change talks when he finally makes his appearance in Copenhagen at the end of this week?
Banner image: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivers remarks at the opening ceremony of the new US Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center facility October 30, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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3 storiesIllinois to Take Some Guantanamo Detainees
President Obama has directed that suspected terrorists now housed at Guantánamo Bay will be moved to the Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison 150 miles west of Chicago. Judy Keen is Chicago Bureau Chief for USA Today .
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A series of recent incidents led Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to warn that “home-based terrorism” is a threat the US “must confront.” American citizens -- including Muslims born in the US — are accused of planning some terrorist actions and actually being involved in others.
Read the story36 minWaiting for Obama in Copenhagen
Although Barack Obama hasn't said much in public, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs confirms that the President has been working the phones with world leaders, pushing for a new deal on global warming.
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