Homeland Security chief warns of threat from al-Qaeda sympathizers in U.S.

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here and in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night.

The secretary's comments were her bluntest assessment yet of terror threats within the country, and they came one day after President Obama, in announcing his decision to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, warned that extremists have been "sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit more acts of terror." the rest