How jihadis recruit in America

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Family members walked to the entrance of the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn. after six Minnesota men were charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization Monday, April 20, 2015.
Jeffrey Thompson | MPR News

On Sunday, six men were arrested in Minnesota and California on federal terrorism charges. They are accused of conspiring to travel to join ISIS in Syria--and the arrests are the result of a lengthy FBI surveillance program.

On MPR News with Kerri Miller, we talked about the men who were recruited, and what kind of threat this kind of recruitment poses in communities around the country.

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