Chertoff – Terrorists Using Internet To Recruit

Radical Islamists are using the Internet to recruit homegrown terrorists in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate panel yesterday. “I don’t think it’s necessary to send radical recruiters into the United States, and I think there’s a risk to doing that,” Mr. Chertoff told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

“But I have no question about the fact that [Osama] bin Laden and [Ayman al-Zawahiri] and others like them quite consciously use the media, including the Internet, as a recruiting tool,” Mr. Chertoff said. “In terms of recruiting, I would say that the principal way to enter the U.S. is through the Internet.”

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