"Daniel Patrick Boyd is an unlikely symbol of the homegrown terrorist threat," said Carrie Johnson and Spencer S. Hsu in The Washington Post. The son of a Marine, he lived "a typical American childhood" in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and recently blended with his family into "a picturesque" neighborhood in Raleigh, N.C. But law-enforcement officials say Daniel P. Boyd, a Muslim convert, is "the latest example of a radicalized American who exported jihad."
The arrest of Daniel Patrick Boyd, said Jim Kouri in Examiner.com, along with six other suspects, on charges of supporting terrorists and plotting to kill Americans overseas "reminds citizens of one simple fact: Most U.S. elected officials appear to be oblivious to the continuing terrorist threat." As the Daniel Boyd case unfolds, maybe our leaders will start paying closer attention to the "deadly influence" of Islamic extremists.
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