I'm currently wading through the Congressional Research Service's latest report on homegrown terrorism, but I just want to share a couple of small pieces for now:
The Obama Administration’s strategy addresses the threat of violent extremism in the United States only in general terms and as part of a broad counterterrorism effort. It may be claimed that the strategy is not intended to include specifics and that fleshing out policy and coordinating efforts is best left to individual executive branch agencies cooperating with one another. However, even among the agencies, apparently no such strategy for combating homegrown jihadist terrorism exists. For many other counterterrorism and homeland security activities—disrupting terrorist travel, combating specific threats such as biological and other weapons of mass destruction—there are discrete strategies that outline specific activities and responsibilities.
And:
According to former and current intelligence and law enforcement officials, there is no national estimate of domestic terrorist threats; national domestic intelligence collection plan; or domestic intelligence collection requirements, priorities, or coordination.
Seems like a fairly big oversight.
