Update on Homegrown Terrorism
New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson joins The Takeaway from North Carolina, where he is watching the story of alleged homegrown terrorists who were arrested by federal agents. Daniel Boyd, a 39-year old Muslim drywaller, two of his grown children and four others were indicted on charges of conspiring to advance terror abroad. The men are charged with stockpiling automatic weapons and traveling overseas to participate in jihadist movements.
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