AND THE REALITY THAT WE FACE - AT 8:34 A.M. ET:  This is a follow-up to the final story we posted last night.  Once again, the words "terror" and "homegrown" are linked.  From Fox News:

ISLAMABAD — Five Americans arrested at a house linked to a militant group in eastern Pakistan have told investigators they came to the country to take part in "jihad" or holy war, police said Thursday.

U.S. officials believe the five are men who were reported missing more than a week ago by their families in the Washington, D.C., area. The families asked the FBI for help after finding a farewell video left by the men showing scenes of war and casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.

The men, ages 19 to 25, were picked up Wednesday at a house in the city of Sargodha that has been linked to the banned militant organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, officers said. Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based group, is alleged to have ties to Al Qaeda.

Police chief Javed Islam said authorities had shared findings of their probe with FBI officials who had arrived in Sargodha. The U.S. Embassy, however, would not confirm if the FBI had sent representatives to the area.

"These young Americans are in our custody," the police chief said. "They are telling us that they came to Pakistan for jihad."

COMMENT:  Let's now hope that our law enforcement authorities take this seriously, and don't engage in another embarrassing series of politically correct excuses or explanations.  There has been one incident after another in the last year involving American citizens.  Some law enforcement agencies have done a great job of nailing the would-be terrorists on our own soil, while others continue to spout the politically correct party line.  Americans have had it with that.

December 10, 2009