Presented by the Anti-Money Laundering Association

© 2009The Foundation for Defense of Democracies

• The Shadow Lakes subdivision, Willow Spring, N.C.

• God and country: crosses and American flags.

• Daniel Patrick Boyd and six alleged coconspirators arrested on July 22, 2009. Charges include conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to murder, kidnap and injure persons abroad.

• Age 39, was on a state high school football championship team. Converted to Islam in his late teens.

• Claimed that he fought the Soviets in Afghanistan. His stories don’t add up.

• Neighbors:– “The best welcoming committee” for people new to

neighborhood.– Jeremy: Neighborhood “advice-giver” for young

people.– No talk of Afghanistan, hot-button politics.

“Obviously” thought his religion opposed terrorism.

• Ramona McWhorter: He stole my shelves• Larry Schug: Bad communication; thought Boyd was

Special Forces.

• Raleigh area Muslims speaking to the press described him as “extreme.” Bosnian immigrant Jasmin Smajic said he “often talked of jihad.”

• My conversation with local Muslim leader.– “It’s hard to dispute anything in the indictment.”– Appealing to young people; four of the five non-

relatives indicted were his sons’ age.– Very political; Afghanistan was his “entry card” to

gain street cred.

• Takfiri view: Muslims who just wanted to “chill in America, make some money” have left Islam.

• “If you live amongst the kufar and they are comfortable with you, you have left Islam.”

• Conspiratorial talk, coded messages, trying to avoid surveillance.

• But what was he up to? FBI Special Agent Michael Sutton.

• Homegrown terrorism.

• Radicalization, role of ideology.

• When to make an arrest: Brian Michael Jenkins, Unconquerable Nation.

• Lesser charges: Firearms violations, false statements.

• Yes and no.

• Positives:

– Greater institutional knowledge about Islamist terrorism

– Obama administration public messaging

– Al-Qaeda financial problems

– Dissatisfied recruits

– Fragmenting of jihadist movement

• Negatives:

– Regeneration of al-Qaeda senior leadership

– U.S. setbacks in Afghanistan

– New safe havens: Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

• In this new kind of war, the frontlines are pushed closer to home. You are a part of the front lines.

• Presentation isn’t focused on money laundering; I was asked to speak about issues that are intimately related, but not money laundering directly.

I. Ideology

II. Radicalization

III. Trends in Terrorism in the West