Clapper: Terrorists' Recruiting Strategy Stymies U.S. Intelligence Community

By Carlo Muñoz / October 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Increased recruitment of Western operatives to carry out attacks in America and Europe has stymied U.S. intelligence officials and reflects the ability by international terrorist organizations to adapt to counterterrorism measures, according to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Clapper noted that failed terrorist attacks in Detroit in 2009 and New York earlier this year, as well as shootings at Ft. Hood, TX, and the killings of two U.S. military recruiters in Little Rock, AK, were carried out by citizens...

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