AG Holder worries about home-grown terror
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, during a news conference to announce a civil lawsuit against nine defendants for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo) Credit: AP Photo/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he’s worried about terrorist attacks on the U.S. by Americans. And high on his list of concerns is the threat posed by anti-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen believed to be hiding in Yemen.
Holder says al-Awlaki has a familiarity with the U.S. that terrorists usually lack. He says he puts him on the list of people who worry him the most, along with al-Qaida head Osama bin Laden, but adds, “Whether he’s one, two, three, four, I don’t know.”
In an interview with ABC television, Holder said the terrorism threat is real and constant. He says he’s concerned that the authorities may have missed a signal that an attack is coming.
He says Americans have to be prepared for “potentially bad news.”
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