Justice Dept Memo: Terrorists Are In Our Midsts

The San Antonio Express-News reports:

They could be the people on the bus seat across the aisle, or the neighbors: members of East African groups that a recently released government memorandum says are “ready to die for the cause.”

The FBI and Homeland Security Department don’t know where they all are. And it’s unclear if they know how many arrived.

But in a rare admission, a Justice Department memo and other documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News say federal authorities know terror suspects are in this country and know who allegedly helped bring them here through Mexico and Texas: a Somali man in custody near San Antonio.

According to the news report, the FBI has been trying to untangle a web of contacts surrounding a man named Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane, 24, who has been in custody since 2008, and is considered a "national security threat."

New documents "paint him as a facilitator of groups accused of funding terrorism. They also allege he smuggled potential terrorists here." Some of the people he smuggled into the U.S. may still be roaming American streets.

Five of Dhakane’s clients are listed in the memo — Mohamded Ma’alin, Mohammed Ereg, aka “Idris,” Hassan Yare and two whose last names authorities didn’t know: Adani and Abirizak, aka “Al Qaeda.”

Three of them are known to have entered the U.S., according to the memo.

Read the full news story. Hat Tip Hot Air.