Terrorist cells still in the U.S.?

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Do extremist cells still exist in the United States? If they do, how much progress is being made to route them out?

The homegrown nature of the July attacks in London as well as the arrest of a man in Zambia on charges that he'd tried to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore. in 1999, gives the questions extra salience, according to terrorism experts.

Their assessments of the law enforcement's success rate are mixed. Critics note that most of the suspected terrorists arrested in the US so far were not engaged in any active plan to harm the US. Some, like the newly charged paramedic Mahmud Faruq Brent, had allegedly gone for training in camps in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but mostly they were caught bragging to undercover agents - who openly encouraged them - about their willingness to engage in jihad.

At the same time, analysts point out that the nature of Al Qaeda has changed so much in the light of aggressive law enforcement tactics since 9/11 that the traditional "sleeper cell" model may no longer be attractive to al Qaeda here in the US. As a result, capturing potential terrorists may be the best thing the FBI can be doing right now.

right now i believe there are just people who sympathize with Al Qaeda, however just like recent arrests in California where the suspects were detaineed after returning from Pakistan shows that its possible to set up cells in the U.S. even after all that crackdown. the best way to counter it is to make it hostile place where u cannot trust anibody for they may turn u in to the FBI or is an FBI agent undercover. once u enter the U.S. u may never leave.

u can read the rest where many potential Al Qaeda wannabees are afraid they may get caught. as it happened to this Brent guy.