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California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-solution-is-permanent dept.

JoeyRox writes: The recent terror attack in California reflects "an evolution of the terrorist threat that Mr. Obama and federal officials have long dreaded: homegrown, self-radicalized individuals operating undetected before striking one of many soft targets that can never be fully protected in a country as sprawling as the United States." With this new type of terror risk, authorities may begin relying more heavily on citizens reporting suspicious behavior of others. The attack is also expected to renew the debate over privacy versus security for software encryption. President Obama will be addressing the nation tonight to discuss the attack.

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  1. Re:Who is this person who claims to speak for the by JoeyRox · · Score: 0, Troll

    So I somehow made up the text and plagiarized it at the same time? That's a neat trick.

    The text in the summary drawn from the article is contained within quotes, signifying attribution to the article per slashdot submission guidelines.

  2. Re:A good start by sycodon · · Score: 0, Troll

    The very fact that you have to qualify "Muslim" with "peaceful" or "moderate" tells you that something is very wrong with Islam.

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    When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
  3. Saudi Arabia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The real problem is that we haven't invaded Saudi Arabia. That nation needs to be taken apart piece by piece.

  4. Because the shooter was an American? by golodh · · Score: 0, Troll
    The description "homegrown" is accurate, as the shooter was an American. Born and bred. Not a foreign activist who entered here. His wife may be a different story though.

    Apparently being American doesn't stop people from radicalising in whichever direction. In fact we seem to have a steady supply of Americans who have radicalised, but the majority have done so towards conservatism, gun ownership advocacy, anti-abortionism (last week), and racism (throughout the year).

    This particular fellow seems to have radicalised in a different direction. And when he became disgruntled at a work-organised party, he drove home, got his trusty rifle out of his second-amendment umbrella stand, and became an "active shooter".

    For a dataset of mass shootings, see: http://shootingtracker.com/wik... The vast majority of casualties in 2015 (about 400) come from ordinary "I just felt like it" shootings. Funny how people go to town when the shooter turns out to be a muslim.