Official: Bin Laden takes back seat
By: Josh Gerstein
February 9, 2011 03:18 PM EST
Politico
American-born Islamic cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki and his group, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, now pose a more serious terrorist threat inside the U.S. than the original Al Qaeda group led by Osama bin Laden, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday.
National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter described the group as “probably the most significant risk to the U.S. homeland” in testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee.