Web could be terror training camp in U.S., politician says
BOSTON (Reuters) - Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the Internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Monday.
"We now have a capability of someone to radicalize themselves over the Internet," Chertoff said on the sidelines of a meeting of International Association of the Chiefs of Police.
"They can train themselves over the Internet. They never have to necessarily go to the training camp or speak with anybody else and that diffusion of a combination of hatred and technical skills in things like bomb-making is a dangerous combination," Chertoff said. "Those are the kind of terrorists that we may not be able to detect with spies and satellites."
Chertoff pointed to the July 7, 2005 attacks on London's transit system, which killed 56 people, as an example a home-grown threat.
To help gather intelligence on possible home-grown attackers, Chertoff said Homeland Security would deploy 20 field agents this fiscal year into "intelligence fusion centers," where they would work with local police agencies.
By the end of the next fiscal year, he said the department aims to up that to 35 staffers.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the Internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Monday.
"We now have a capability of someone to radicalize themselves over the Internet," Chertoff said on the sidelines of a meeting of International Association of the Chiefs of Police.
"They can train themselves over the Internet. They never have to necessarily go to the training camp or speak with anybody else and that diffusion of a combination of hatred and technical skills in things like bomb-making is a dangerous combination," Chertoff said. "Those are the kind of terrorists that we may not be able to detect with spies and satellites."
Chertoff pointed to the July 7, 2005 attacks on London's transit system, which killed 56 people, as an example a home-grown threat.
To help gather intelligence on possible home-grown attackers, Chertoff said Homeland Security would deploy 20 field agents this fiscal year into "intelligence fusion centers," where they would work with local police agencies.
By the end of the next fiscal year, he said the department aims to up that to 35 staffers.
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3 comments:
Speaking as a military veteran (PN3(Ret), USN, 1991-2001) I can assure our readers that getting trained in a military specialty to the point where you actually have some degree of competence is a tad more complex than just reading websites on the 'net.
Chertoff's statement is obviously designed to prepare the way for breaking down the Internet.
The only terrorist threat in the US is Chertoff. He is worried about the unity that the Internet can develope to kick his stupid ass out...and his president.
OH MY GOD...If someone is intent on being a terrorist they are going to become one.
So Chertoff, Bush, and Cheney want to use this to IMPRISON ALL US citizens and take away any platform we have to research THEIR propaganda and spread OUR Truth.
THE REAL TERRORIST ARE THE BUSH REGIME WHO ARE ON A CAMPAIGN TO TAKE AWAY EVERYONE'S FREEDOM...AND THEY ARE DOING ALOT OF THIS...plus they want to be able to torture us after they lock us up?
How do any of these cretins remain in office?
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