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Obama: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Internet
washintonexaminer.com ^ | 5/23/13 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 05/23/2013 3:15:35 PM PDT by ColdOne

During his foreign policy speech Thursday afternoon, President Obama warned that domestic terrorism would increase in the modern age of the Internet.

“[T]his threat is not new,” Obama said. “But technology and the Internet increase its frequency and lethality.”

Obama warned Americans that materials on the Internet could influence people to commit terrorist acts.

“Today, a person can consume hateful propaganda, commit themselves to a violent agenda and learn how to kill without leaving their home,” he said.

To combat domestic terrorism, Obama reminded Americans that it was important to reach out to Muslim communities.

“The best way to prevent violent extremism is to work with the Muslim American community -- which has consistently rejected terrorism -

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To: andyk

It’ll be a cold day in hell when I reach out to a murderous cult.

In the eyes of Obama and his administration you are already part of a potentially dangerous Cult.You post here at Free Republic.So you have to be a national security threat.


41 posted on 05/23/2013 4:43:52 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: ColdOne

Internet: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Obama.


42 posted on 05/23/2013 4:59:05 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative; All

Well look for calls to regulate the internet.. Mainly to ban porn....


43 posted on 05/23/2013 5:15:05 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The Bill of Rights is a suicide pact.)
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To: ColdOne

This will probably be removed too

Dear Obama Just wait till we start playing “Cowboys and Muslims” and that pesky Internet will buzz like a Hornets Nest

TT


44 posted on 05/23/2013 5:38:48 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Fresh Wind

Yep, control and censor it.


45 posted on 05/23/2013 5:51:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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