[cyncooper]

I would like them to stop stressing it in every paragraph of every article. It's being used as a keyphrase to obscure any other facts which come to light later in the case.

I disagree. I think it is extremely important that we get it in our heads that all the hyperventilating over the border (yes, I am for securing the borders) and here is (yet another) a born and raised American who set off to join al Qaeda. Ignore this salient bit of info at your peril.

[cake_crumb]

"I think it is extremely important that we get it in our heads that all the hyperventilating over the border (yes, I am for securing the borders) and here is (yet another) a born and raised American who set off to join al Qaeda."

That did occur to me and I'm for securing the borders too. What we actually seem to be disagreeing over is not the reporting of his native country but the way in which the media is stressing it.