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Members of libya's government like the justice minister, now head of the opposition, interior minister abdel yunis is reading the offensive. many others, though, remain a mystery. >> we have to understand that in very fluid, revolutionary situations the bad guys often are at a great advantage over the good guys. >> and then there are the radical islamic groups, a study by the u.s. military academy found more islamic fighters per capita to, rack than any other muslim country. most came from eastern libya, where the current upriding began, an area once described by u.s. diplomats as a breeding g...

Minister abdel younis is leading the offensive. many others, though, remain a mystery. >> we have to understand that in very fluid, revolutionary situations the bad guys often are at a great advantage over the good guys. >> and then there are the radical islamic groups, a study by the u.s. military academy west point found libya sent more islamic fighters per capita to iraq than any other muslim country. most came from eastern libya, where the current uprising began, an area once described by u.s. diplomats as a breeding ground for islamic extremists according to wikileaks, but like the revolu...

Point. homegrown terrorism is a threat. we're talking about parts of this country, groups, who are practicing every day for race wars, groups who are attacking minority men, women and children all in the name of some racial purification. they pose a greater threat statistically and more so than so-called islamic groups. homegrown terrorism is a threat. i think we have to look at the facts here. seven out of the last ten al qaeda attempts to disturb our internal security have been thwarted and disrupted with the help of muslims and cooperation of muslims. law enforcement has reached out -- >> i...

This country as it relates to so-called muslims or people who identify themselves with the religion of islam. a small minority that has to be isolated, a small minority that has to be dealt with effectively and a small minority that must be monitored. now, having said that, we have right now where officers can get national security letters without a court order to monitor muslims and different groups. this is problematic in a free and civil society. i hope that these hearings expand, they become expansive and we bring in other groups that are posing a serious threat. i think about timothy mcve...

That they were really much more involved with regional issues, so if this is a change, what did change for them? >> if this is a change, and i think that's the important thing to keep in mind here, then i think fran's right, it's a very troubling development. it means that the pakistani taliban are just the latest of these so-called islamic groups, these nationalistic organizations, that have local grievances, and local agendas, who are making a transition to a much more global ideology. in other words, they're becoming much more like al qaeda and far less like what we would expect from a regi...