Mr. Johnson, who has met with
Muslims in New York , Chicago ,
Houston , Los
Angeles and elsewhere, said the government needs the
Muslim community. “The overarching message to them is, help us help you — help
us to identify someone in your community who may be heading in the wrong
direction and how can we help you amplify the countermessage to the Islamic
State message,” he said.
In the case of Syed Rizwan
Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the couple identified as the attackers in San
Bernardino, all the usual defenses that presidents and counterterrorism
officials have built up since Sept. 11 — airport screenings, expansive
surveillance, drone strikes — proved no match for a husband and wife assembling weapons of war in
the apartment they lived in with their 6-month-old baby.


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