This Report Shows Why We’re Vulnerable to ISIS
by COUNTER JIHAD
August 3, 2016
The Center for National Security at Fordham Law has an annual report on cases involving the Islamic State (ISIS) that have appeared in US Federal court. As of 2016, 101 such cases have been recorded. That is a small number from which to draw statistical lessons, but it is comprehensive of the cases brought to trial.
Most of these cases - each individual involved is considered a separate "case" by the study - are still pending before the courts. However, of the 45% of cases that have resulted in conviction, the average sentence is only 9 years. This is in part because most of the defendants have no criminal history. The fact that they have no criminal history before attempting to take up arms for the caliphate is a major reason why a free and open society like the United States is so vulnerable to these attackers.
Most of them are also American citizens. Not all of them are. 12% are refugees, or have overstayed their visa on a visit, or otherwise are without legal residency. But far and away most of them are American citizens who have no love or loyalty for their own country. "Despite the fact that nearly 80% of the charged defendants are U.S. citizens," the report says, "an identification with foreign conflicts rather than with American politics and society is apparent across the sample of indicted individuals." In other words, they don't identify themselves as Americans. They identify themselves as Muslims, loyal not to the land of the free but to foreign entities that they feel are under attack by America.
Read more: Family Security Matters
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