Terrorism Recruits No Longer All Fit The Mold

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:15pm

Colleen LaRose, a petite, 46-year-old blonde from the Philadelphia suburbs, had dropped out of high school and was married several times.

She had been arrested for writing bad checks and for drunken driving. She did not fit the terrorist profile — but more and more, that profile seems to be falling by the wayside.

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