Joe Lieberman: “I say to my friend from South Carolina, I not only believe it, but it is shown by the facts. I wish I had the numbers…”

“I say to my friend from South Carolina, I not only believe it, but it is shown by the facts. I wish I had the numbers exactly in front of me. But if we chart attempts at terrorist attacks on the United States--and here I am limiting it to people who are affiliated with the global Islamist extremist movement--there were a few after 9/11, but in the last 2 or 3 years, the numbers have gone up dramatically. I hasten to say these represent a very small percentage of the Muslim-American community. But of course it doesn't take too many people to cause great havoc. We have been effective at law enforcement and, frankly, we have been lucky that all but two of these attempts have been stopped. But I think we would find law enforcement officials, Homeland Security officials saying the toughest and most dangerous threat right now to the homeland security of the American people comes from homegrown terrorists who have been self-radicalized or radicalized by somebody else.”