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FBI: Jihad threat in Ohio is “scary,” public doesn’t get “the gravity of it”

May 31, 2015 7:52 am By Robert Spencer

christopher_cornell74There is no reason to believe that Ohio is special or unique in this. It just happens that a couple of jihadis in Ohio have recently been caught. They are elsewhere as well, but most Americans have no clue about that, and even the FBI, with its official policy of ignoring and denying the ideology that gives rise to this, is not doing nearly enough to prepare citizens for what is coming.

“New FBI official: Terror threat in Ohio is surprising,” by Dan Sewell, Associated Press, May 30, 2015:

CINCINNATI – The new head of the FBI’s wide-ranging Cincinnati division says the threat of homegrown terrorists in her native state is surprising and scary.

Angela Byers became special agent in charge of the office that covers 48 of Ohio’s 88 counties in late February, just after back-to-back arrests of young men in Cincinnati and Columbus in separate cases alleging they were plotting attacks in the United States. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Byers told The Associated Press in an interview she was surprised at the threat level in Ohio, and she suspects many people in the Midwest don’t realize that “violent extremists” can pop up anywhere.

“It’s scary. And it’s scary to us. I’m not sure the general public quite gets the gravity of it,” she said.

She said counterterrorism efforts are ongoing in her office, although she couldn’t comment on any possible other cases.

“It seems like once we get one guy, another guy pops up high on the radar,” she said. “We just keep moving from one to the next.”

The cases that broke this year in her division were the arrests of Christopher Lee Cornell, of suburban Cincinnati, on charges he planned to attack the U.S. Capitol, and Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 23, of Columbus, accused of planning to attack a military base or prison after returning from terrorist training in Syria.

Mark Ensalaco, the director of human rights research at the University of Dayton, who has written about Middle East terrorism and the Sept. 11 attacks, said trying to detect homegrown “lone wolves” before they act is “a nightmare for national security.” But he said use of confidential informants and federal electronic surveillance can raise concerns about protecting citizens’ rights.

Byers said she knows people are worried about privacy, but said the FBI has legal parameters to meet before it would monitor suspected “bad guys.” Electronic surveillance also has limitations because of the extremists’ use of secure and encrypted communication channels.

“So it’s more important than ever now for us to get cooperation from the public,” she said, adding that family and friends are more able to recognize changes in behavior, adopting of radical views and support for terrorist groups and acts….

Good luck with that.

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  1. spot on says

    May 31, 2015 at 8:05 am

    The public may not get the gravity of the Jihadist threat but Obama’s top crime investigation agencies do. Obama’s response to all this apparently is to bring more Jihadists to the US.

    • Huck Folder says

      Jun 1, 2015 at 1:52 am

      Did I hear the words islam, islamist, moslem or jihadist mentioned for those mysterious whack-a-mole ‘terrorists’?

      Could she be alluding to cair members or supporters?

      • spot on says

        Jun 1, 2015 at 8:47 am

        There’s something I like about your name.

        • quotha raven says

          Jun 1, 2015 at 10:06 am

          Spot On -:You like Spoonerisms? Cheers! quotha

        • Huck Folder says

          Jun 3, 2015 at 5:09 pm

          Carefully chosen, but now, alas, outdated.

          Can’t do anything about the Lynch bitch, although her name speaks for itself.

          I would cut her a LOT of slack, if she would correct her black bastard predecessor’s evil crimes and put HIM away forever – The NBP caper, ‘MY people’, etc.

          How such people get away with treason is beyond me.

          And the whole leftard corpus of church, academe, unions… sees, hears, and speaks not a word of protest.

          They RULE over us.

      • kikorikid says

        Jun 1, 2015 at 8:48 pm

        No one in Obamas Administration is allowed to say these words,
        ask them.

    • Kuhn Tewk says

      Jun 1, 2015 at 5:45 am

      Yep. Obama/Feds establishes a terrorist presence in the USA. Then the Feds tell the public how government’s power must be increased to combat the threat they had created.

      • spot on says

        Jun 1, 2015 at 8:51 am

        This is why government schools don’t teach kids to think too far anymore.

  2. Angemon says

    May 31, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Byers told The Associated Press in an interview she was surprised at the threat level in Ohio, and she suspects many people in the Midwest don’t realize that “violent extremists” can pop up anywhere.

    “It’s scary. And it’s scary to us. I’m not sure the general public quite gets the gravity of it,” she said.

    How can the general public get the gravity of the situation if they’re hammered over and over with the idea that islam is a religion of peace and islamic terrorists have hijacked and twisted islam to suit their agenda, and that anyone saying otherwise is a bigoted, racist islamophobe trying to do to muslims what Nazis did to Jews in WWII? If they’re not told the truth about the motivation of islamic terrorists how can they be aware of the threat they pose? If they don’t know that orthodox islam not only condones but also mandates fighting against non-muslims to subjugate them under islamic rule, how can they understand the potential threat posed by the ever-increasingly more devout, zebiba sporting, long, red died beard wearing muslim?

    • Gary says

      May 31, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Simply answer: They can’t.

      Especially when media like CNN support a swing to the way left with regards to “tolerance”.

      The female muslim chaplain and director of interfaith engagement at Northwestern University is a perfect example……

      She wasn’t allowed to have an un-opened can of soda on a United Airlines Flight, and now charges of bigotry and discrimination have been raised.

      Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for tolerance, and hate bigotry and discrimination, but when media ignores what muslims have planned the the United States of American, I concerned. Very concerned.

      Muslims are carrying out genocide around the world in the name of allah, yet major news networks remain silent.

      If someone expects “tolerance”, you’d expect them to show some. Yet the muslim agenda becomes clearer and clearer every day.

      • JamesonRocks says

        May 31, 2015 at 3:34 pm

        I’m an old fat white boy and I can’t get an unopened can of Diet Coke on United Airlines either… Guess I’d better yell discrimination and sue their a**es off as well…

        • st. patrick says

          May 31, 2015 at 6:40 pm

          Ask for halal diet coke..It’s the real thing..har-de -har har..

      • somehistory says

        May 31, 2015 at 3:58 pm

        And everything she said sounds just like “it has nothing to do with islam”…lies.
        Claiming the pilot *admitted* to white male privilege and *apologized* for the treatment she got being a *minority.* All sounds like a story made up to make money and increase the better treatment they think they deserve, to which they insist they are entitled.
        And since they are entitled to superior treatment, they are entitled to *pop up and blow up* any where and any time they wish. Otherwise, it’s all discrimination against them.

      • Angemon says

        May 31, 2015 at 6:15 pm

        Gary posted:

        “The female muslim chaplain and director of interfaith engagement at Northwestern University is a perfect example……

        She wasn’t allowed to have an un-opened can of soda on a United Airlines Flight, and now charges of bigotry and discrimination have been raised”

        Ugh, reminds me of the case of the flying imams:

        http://www.meforum.org/1809/exposing-the-flying-imams

        And let me guess: no one, muslim or not, is allowed to have unopened beverages or containers on airplanes because of the actions of muslim terrorists.

    • Westman says

      May 31, 2015 at 10:41 am

      You’ve certainly laid the problem out in a concise manner, Angemon.

      There is no “radical” Islam. There is only the Ideology of a caravan robber that justfies any urge a man might have under the specified conditions. Want a variety in mates? Four will do and if that’s not enough there are always slaves. Need more wealth? Take it from infidels, Allah says it’s yours; just don’t steal from Muslims or chop, chop. Jannah (paradise) is garden-lush non-stop gluttony and relations with “your” virgins all available with the Martyr Ticket.

      Islam is Islam. Use what you need, and to hell with the laws of infidels. Only Allah can make law and Allah says(bad investment advice): You are the best of people and the infidels are the worst of people, particularly those Jewish people. It’s no wonder that Hitler admired Islamic Ideology.

    • Lia Wissing says

      Jun 1, 2015 at 4:57 am

      Actually, many members of the public do: they demonstrate against more mosques being built, they ask for muslim immigration to be phased out, they point to the crime figures … and nobody does a single thing.

  3. Westman says

    May 31, 2015 at 9:59 am

    “..They are popping up..” Translation – we didn’t see them in the formative stages.

    “..I’m not sure the general public quite gets the gravity of it,” Uhh, how can they when the highest offices in the land say it has “nothing to do with Islam”, remove anti-jihad training, and osculate upon CAIR’s gluteus maximus?

    .”..So it’s more important than ever now for us to get cooperation from the public,..” This is a refreshing change that won’t work without truthful education about the central themes of Islam like Sharia and world domination.

    “…family and friends are more able to recognize changes in behavior, adopting of radical views and support for terrorist groups..” – If they are also Muslims there won’t be a peep until there is a “pop up” and then it will be, “we don’t understand… he wasn’t a member…he kept to himself..fill in the blank________.” I second the “Good luck with that!”

    Nothing short of educating and asking for the support of “infidels is going to work. Normally one would think that getting muslim youth jobs and family responsibilities would stop the jihadi streak. However the underlying low value of women and children contrasted to Da’wa, Jihad, and even Muhammad turn the usual western view of family upside-down. Killing them for disrespect of a man who may never have existed becomes, “reasonable”.

    Yes, you need our help. When will you try asking for it?

  4. vlparker says

    May 31, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Probably won’t be too long before this woman gets fired. The public doesn’t get it because there is a concerted effort by Washington to make sure they don’t get it.

    • Westman says

      May 31, 2015 at 12:52 pm

      Today John Brennan was on Face The Nation doing the familiar song and dance about how complex were the factors driving the hostilities in Iraq and Syria. He also suggested the Iraqi army just wasn’t properly equiped when it ran from ISIS. The MSM is barely beginning to express that it’s no longer a talking point outlet and is asking tougher questions.

      The main reason, and what is continually denied, is that all of the current warring in the ME is about whose version of Islam is superior. The source of the hostlities is **ISLAM**.

      It’s only the solutions that are “complex”. And the effectiveness of the solutions is proportional to their simplicity and brutality. There is no reasoning with indoctrinated minds, who, like the Aliens in Independence Day, have only one message for Infidels: join, be extorted, or die.

  5. somehistory says

    May 31, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Father: Don’t talk to strangers.
    Little Kid: What’s a stranger, Daddy?
    Father: I can’t tell you because that would be racist and bigoted. Just don’t talk to any stranger. And if you see one, tell me.

    • Angemon says

      May 31, 2015 at 6:16 pm

      Perfect analogy, somehistory.

  6. JamesonRocks says

    May 31, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    “…that ‘violent extremists’ can pop up anywhere.”

    That’s one of the reasons why I don’t patronize any moozie owned businesses such as dry cleaners, grocery markets, car washes, gas stations, restaurants, etc…

    • RG says

      Jun 2, 2015 at 6:43 pm

      Oh my gawd, so where do you shop??? I can’t seem to find any that aren’t muzzie owned! They literally own the whole country already! It’s way past being crazy!!!

  7. Bangu says

    May 31, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    More disloyal fanatic refugees to the west more violent extremists will pop up of course. I am sure Abdirahman Sheikh Mohamud’s family was refugees. I think Ohio, Midwest can learn something from Nairobi Kenya.

    • L says

      Jun 1, 2015 at 6:35 am

      And Minnesota.

    • quotha raven says

      Jun 1, 2015 at 7:35 am

      To Bangu -I grew up in the midwest, fourth generation of my family, so I have some deep roots in Hannibal, Missouri, and every time I go back to visit I am pleasantly reminded of how savvy and civilized the country club set is.People are pretty well-informed and will participate in political discussions.They were bright, and alert.

      I think they could learn something from Boston or Portland, Oregon, or Dearborne or Brooklyn or Jersey City…or the town in Oklahoma last week or a couple of incidents in Texas…my point is that there is plenty of evidence of what is in store; everyone needs to take a sharp eye to the goals of OIC, which I just discovered. It left me feeling a little more alert.Their goals are clearly stated, and their platform is right there for everyone to see.

      I’m rambling;but my point is don’t underestimate the ability of Midwesterners to be quick learners once they begin to pick up on the insidious creeping sharia that sneaks in odd little court cases topped off with a cafe bombing in Akron…They’ll get it, and I expect there will be a fairly significant organized outcry.that might inform more people’s thinking

      It’s just a shame PCMC so interferes with sensible police actions such as surveillance and undercover work in mosques, madrases, which actions might serve to actually PREVENT terror attacks and any and all mention of Islam has been written OUT of the training books of I believe the NYPD, along with numerous other law enforcement agencies, some on the Federal level.

      These PC police policy changes insure that we will be LESS secure, with certain perfectly effective intelligence gathering methods having been given the boot by the powers that be…I am not so in touch with NYPD matters since DeBlasio took the reins, but I’m sure I’d be horrified. Obama is all about bossing around and interfering with and setting policy for carefully selected local police authorities around the country. Ferguson was only one of many – around 39 other cities got the same interference. He’s just clubbing the locals with the Federal Big Boss Club – “WHACK!!!:” if you get my drift. I wish Special Agent Angela Byers all the best in her new job. She is pretty, yes, and she looks intelligent. Cheers! quotha

  8. Agent of Liberty says

    May 31, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    This is why Islam HAS TO BE BANNED. Are we that stupid? Islam free United States. The only way Americans can be safe! It can be done.

    • Havoc says

      Jun 3, 2015 at 7:34 pm

      Close the Mosques. Deport the Muslims.

  9. William Lucas Harvey Jr. says

    May 31, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    “…the FBI, with its official policy of ignoring and denying the ideology that gives rise to this…”.

    Of COURSE – as the FBI is part of the United States Government – and WHO IS essentially “Calling the Shots” – America’s “Imperial” Potus, Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., and HIS Administration – and WHAT has Obama said about Islam – just DOCUMENTED Statements such as “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”,” Islam has always been part of America”, “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”, “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”, and MORE.

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