The rising threat from 'jihobbyists' in the U.S.

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Around the United States, young Muslims increasingly are blogging and posting YouTube videos in support of al-Qaeda and violent radicalism. As long as their advocacy is limited to words and not deeds, law enforcement is limited from intervening.

Jarret Brachman, a former West Point terrorism expert and author of the book Global Jihadism, talks with us about the implications of this trend.

You've coined the term "jihobbyist" to describe the people following this Internet advocacy trend. Who are these guys?
These are fans in the same way other people might follow football teams. But their sport is al-Qaeda.

They know the stats of their favorite players and know their backgrounds. They know the teams, and they cheerlead. These guys most often will never do anything and tend to fall out of this when they actually get real responsibilities, real lives. ... For the jihobbyists, [Maj. Nidal] Hasan was an overnight hero.

You should have seen how the blogs went wild after the Fort Hood shootings.

You seem to suggest they can outgrow this.
The Saudis have studied very seriously what it is that keeps guys on the right path. And they've launched what is probably the world's leading de-radicalization and reintegration program.

What they've found is that you need to...