Conducted ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the survey found there were 21 homegrown terrorism cases between September 2001 and May 2009.
The last two years have seen an alarming rise with 31 cases over the period and more than one every month, according to the Counterterrorism Intelligence: Law Enforcement Perspectives report.
The report said: 'Homegrown and foreign-directed jihadi terrorism and radicalisation are perceived as a real threat by local law enforcement in the United States.'
Police intelligence chiefs from the 56 largest cities in the U.S. were polled for the study, Fox News reported.
They raised their concerns about domestic terrorist attacks and strikes by American citizens orchestrated from overseas.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, told the Intelligence and National Security Alliance in Washington: 'Yes it's a threat.
'Yes, we worry about somebody grabbing a gun and then going down some place and doing something awful but they will never just do that.
'In all the cases you have seen, there are indicators leading up to that particular event. They were radicalised in order to get there.'
NOTE: My understanding that "Homegrown Terrorists" possess the same qualities of the founders of this nation?
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