WAR ON ISIS - One Year Later

"Study:  Arrests for alleged ISIS supporters on the rise in the U.S." PBS NewsHour 6/27/2015

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SUMMARY:  Monday marks the first full year since ISIS declared the "Caliphate" -- an Islamic State -- part of the justification for its terror campaign across the Middle East.  A new study from Fordham University has uncovered an increase in the number of Americans arrested for allegedly supporting ISIS.  The Director of Fordham's Center on National Security, Karen Greenberg, joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR:  Monday marks the first full year since ISIS declared the caliphate, an Islamic State, part of the justification for its terror campaign across the Middle East.

Just this week, ISIS claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Tunisia and Kuwait, and is suspected of an attack in France.

The Justice Department has estimated at least 2,700 Westerners have traveled to join ISIS in the fighting in Syria, including some from the U.S.

Now, a new study from Fordham University Law School shows arrests in the U.S. for allegedly supporting ISIS are growing.  Since last March of 2014, federal prosecutors have charged 56 people for supporting ISIS.  Law enforcement killed three other suspects.

Fordham researchers say most of the accused are U.S. citizens.  More than 60 percent of those charged are 21 or younger, and more than 80 percent of the cases involved recruitment with social media.

I’m joined now by the head of that study, the Director of Fordham’s Center on National Security, Karen Greenberg.