FBI Director: Radicalization Of Westerners In Syria Is Of Great Concern : The Two-Way : NPR
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FBI Director James Comey says the flow of Western fighters into Syria — and the prospect they’ll return home radicalized — represents one of his biggest day-to-day concerns.
In an interview with reporters in Washington, Comey says the situation in Syria is “getting worse,” with a couple of dozen more Americans heading overseas in recent months, beyond the 60 or 70 individuals who’ve already ventured to the Middle East to take part in a civil war inflected with al-Qaida influences. He says the FBI has evidence that Americans in Syria are presently recruiting other U.S. citizens or green-card holders to join the fight, but refuses to offer much detail about that.