Committee focused on recruitment of Somali-Americans by group with al Qaeda ties . The committee also heard from a former FBI agent who said the bureau had been slow to investigate and prosecute those suspected of being members or supporters of Al Qaeda. Segments of the Somali-American community have been made vulnerable to recruitment by al-Shabaab because of a particularly tumultuous adjustment to American life , noted Andrew Liepman , deputy director for intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center . Recruitment is a result of `` refugee experience '' and `` isolation , '' official says .
Committee focused on recruitment of Somali-Americans by group with al Qaeda ties . The committee also heard from a former FBI agent who said the bureau had been slow to investigate and prosecute those suspected of being members or supporters of Al Qaeda. Recruitment is a result of `` refugee experience '' and `` isolation , '' official says .