Summary: Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs) are individuals inspired by foreign terrorist organizations and radicalized in the countries in which they are born, raised, or reside. In 2015, HVEs demonstrated an ability to operate in New Jersey and throughout the United States while connecting with like-minded individuals online and acting independently from organized terrorist groups. Since late 2014, a variety of radical groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have encouraged HVEs to attack in their home countries. This week’s episode of Intelligence. Unclassified. brings in both NJOHSP Director of Intelligence Rosemary Martorana and Analysis Bureau Chief Dean Baratta to further expand upon the details surrounding this pheonmenon.
