...Washington (CNN) -- A 29-year-old man from Morocco was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to bomb the U.S. Capitol building in a suicide attack, authorities said.
"Today's case underscores the continuing threat we face from homegrown violent extremists," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Lisa Monaco. "Thanks to a coordinated law enforcement effort, El Khalifi's alleged plot was thwarted before anyone was harmed."
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...The suspect, an immigrant from Morocco, is in the United States illegally. He had been closely monitored as part of a lengthy and extensive undercover operation, police said, adding that U.S. Capitol Police had been "intimately" involved in the investigation.
The suspect entered the United States in June 1999 on a B2 visa -- which allows for trips for pleasure, tourism or medical treatment, according to an FBI affidavit. His visa expired that same year and he has been living in the United States illegally ever since.
...In January 2011, a confidential source reported to the FBI that El Khalifi met with other individuals at a residence in Arlington, Virginia. A person there produced what appeared to be weapons and El Khalifi "expressed agreement with a statement by this individual that the 'war on terrorism' was a 'war on Muslim,' and said that the group needed to be ready for war," the affidavit read.
El Khalifi thought he had met al Qaeda members who would assist him, but in fact he was dealing with undercover FBI agents, said the second source, who declined to say whether the FBI has audio or video recordings of the suspect talking to undercover agents about his plans.
So a foriegner, here illegall for 20 years on an expired visa, meets some undercover FBI agents who coax him into trying to blow up targets in Washington DC ... and this is a "HOMEGROWN" terrorist?
Makes as much sense as saying the Fast & Furious guns came from "legal" gun sales in the United States.
Ever notice how when a Democrat is in the White House, "homegrown" terrorists seem to be prevailing concern of the Justice Department (whereas Republican administrations tend to concern themselves with foreign threats - Soviets, al Qaeda, Iraq, Iran, N. Korea)? It's almost as if the Assistant AG blurted out a Freudian slip because she's predisposed to point to "homegrown" terrorists as blame for all ills while working in a Democrat administration.
