(Foreign Policy) Matthew Levitt - In recent years, the pool of potential homegrown terrorists has expanded: Today there are open investigations on about 1,000 potential homegrown violent extremists in all 50 states. Evidence indicates that suspects thought to have been lone wolves might more accurately be described as known wolves - people whose radicalization, suspicious travel, and changes in behavior were observed by acquaintances. The New York bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahani, lived in Quetta, Pakistan - home of the Afghan Taliban Shura Council - for nearly a year until March 2014. Based on the sophistication of the bombs Rahani constructed, authorities suspect he received some sort of personalized explosives training. The writer is director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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