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Article: Justice Department says terrorist groups have members in United States
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- November 1, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
The FBI believes extremist groups continue to have members in the
United States who could be called upon for terrorist attacks, the
Justice Department has told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
At least one group, Hezbollah, may be more interested in using its
U.S. members to raise money than to undertake attacks, the department
said.
The comments, in a document released Thursday, were part of the department'
s written responses submitted on July 26 to questions from the committee
in February.
Responding to a question about the involvement of Hezbollah, Hamas
and other terrorist groups in the United States, the department said
FBI investigations ...