Home Grown Terrorists

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland has a special place in the nation's struggle against terrorism, but some city officials wonder if the threat that has hung over the city has been exaggerated.

FBI (search) agents believe known jihadists who trained in Afghan terrorist camps are living in Oregon and have taken oaths to kill Americans. But Robert Jordan, the highest-ranking FBI official in the state, acknowledges there is no imminent threat. (...)

Still, some Portland officials believe the terror threat there has been overblown. City Commissioner Randy Leonard is blasting the FBI for frightening people in order to keep Portland from pulling out of a joint terrorism task force.

“I think this is a campaign of spreading fear ... not unlike what was done before we invaded Iraq,” Leonard said.

The Portland City Council is expected to vote next month to withdraw from a post-Sept. 11 joint terrorism task force. The FBI opposes the move, saying it would weaken the agency’s anti-terrorism efforts.

So Portland is full of anti-American lunatics and criminals, and their no talent hacks in city political positions are soft on terrorism. And this is news?