By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
As domestic terrorism cases continue to rise, the U.S. must take on extremism on the Internet, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Tuesday.
McCaul said terrorism is spreading because of the Internet, creating a “global jihadist movement,” The Dallas Morning News reports.
“Now we have a new generation of terrorists that are very savvy on the internet. They know how to exploit it, both how to recruit and train, and to radicalize from within,” he said, later adding: “Through the power of the internet, you don’t have to travel to Syria. You can get radicalized here.”
McCaul is calling for a nonpartisan proposal that will be pitched to the presidential candidates.
McCaul was speaking at the American Enterprise Institute.
