How is the terrorist threat changing?
“Self-radicalized individuals from within the United States begin to be a bit more of a problem. And certainly for the near- to midterm, the next several years at least, that’s an issue on which we’ll see increased focus by our counterterrorism folks. … “We are not immune to this threat, but we are blessed in the United States with the American immigrant experience, being different than the immigrant experience, say, in Western Europe or even in Great Britain. … “We have a history of assimilation just by the nature of our country that our European friends have not had to the same degree or in the same manner. . . . And so it’s not surprising that the homegrown threat comes later to us and maybe even less severe than, say, it is in Great Britain. … “We have to become more and more aware of this. … This is probably going to be less severe than it is elsewhere, (but) the threat’s not zero and we need to pay very careful attention to it.” What emerging threat is not getting much no
