Investigators read a monotonous list of questions - Do you know anyone who has recruited terrorists?

Her new financial backers had discovered the ultimate source from which to recruit ruthless terrorists.

Zarqawi's network has apparently been quite successful in recruiting new terrorists in Arab nations and in Islamic communities in Europe.

"The Iranians came here to recruit homegrown terrorists, and they found one in Salahuddin."

Colleen LaRose, indicted in March 2010 with trying to recruit Islamic terrorists to wage jihad and murder a Swedish artist.

"It's very hard to recruit terrorists when your belly's full," he said.

Serbia's Interior Ministry said the camp proved that the group, whose members insist they are religious activists rather than militants, was trying to recruit potential terrorists.

As a general rule, are wars not more likely to recruit terrorists than to deter them?

This connection might also have underscored concern about the June reporting that KSM was recruiting terrorists to travel, including to the United States.

"I'm not going to succeed against terrorism unless I recruit terrorists," Mr. Pavitt said.