Homegrown terrorists target military bases
Photo credit: AP | House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King. (May 25, 2011)
U.S. military bases have become the target of choice for homegrown terrorists since 2009 and account for more than half of the plots since the 9/11 attacks, according to a report released Wednesday.
That pattern was highlighted by Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), who convened an unusual joint session of the House and Senate homeland security committees as his fourth hearing on the radicalization...
U.S. Congressman Peter King