FBI: 12 Americans in ISIS, Not 100

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast

FBI Director James Comey declared Thursday that there are not more than 100 Americans fighting alongside extremists in Syria—there are roughly 12. The 100 number, Comey explained, included the 88 or so Americans who have been killed or arrested, or traveled or attempted to travel to join the militants. While Comey has clarified his remarks, other administration officials’ numbers have not come with that clarification, even in recent weeks.

Read it at ABC News

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/09/26/12-americans-in-isis-not-100.html

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[SummerSnow]

1. And really, how do they know this?

[DonViejo]

2. From the ABC article...

"When I use a number of more than 100, that means people who have gone and come back, people who have attempted to go and we locked them up, people who have gone and stayed," Comey said during an interview with reporters at FBI headquarters. "The figure that I've been operating with is, ballparkish, a dozen still there fighting with terrorist groups."

[AnalystInParadise]

7. And again

how do they know this? All someone has to do is make it to Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq or Saudi Arabia or Kuwait and from there make their way by foot to ISIS controlled regions. It's not like there are customs on the borders.

[Yavin4]

3. Photo of ISIS

[christx30]

6. That darned ISIS.

Turning Iraq and Syria into the... Danger Zone.

[dmosh42]

5. These people should have passports terminated, and never allowed entry to the USA.

[truthisfreedom]

8. One in twelve?

Every other person in prison????