By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The number of domestic terrorism arrests have exceeded international terrorism arrests in the current fiscal year that began on Oct. 1.
Domestic cases were 66, compared to 63 international cases.
The trend has prompted the FBI to focus more of its attention on home-grown extremists, a senior FBI counterterrorism official told Reuters.
One recent attack in the U.S. involved a mass shooting that left 11 people dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Many of the attacks involve racially motivated and anti-government extremism, as well as attacks on abortion clinics.
The Internet has been a key source of radicalization in the U.S.
“Terrorism moves at the speed of the Internet,” the official said.
