Assessing "Homegrown" Extremism in the United States
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 2014-07-10

A Growing Terrorist Threat? Assessing "Homegrown" Extremism in the United States FIVE events during the fall of 2009 thrust concerns over "homegrown" terrorism—or extremist violence perpetrated by U.S. legal residents and citizens—into public view. A new CSIS report examines these five cases, situating them within the context of recent U.S. efforts to address domestic radicalization.