according to terrorism expert rohan gunaratna, an expert on the etim, he said in the post-9/11 era, etim began to believe in the global jihad agenda today the group follows the philosophy of al qaeda and respects osama bin laden. such groups that believe in global jihad do not confine their targets to the terrorists they seek to control. the etim presented a threat to the chinese as well as western targets worldwide. without detailed information about each detainee including a threat assessment, the american people cannot be expected to kohl toll rate trained terrorists being released into their community. that is not the transparency or the sound judgment eric holder promised to bring to the justice department when he appeared before the house commerce appropriations subcommittee last month. this administration of eric holder will not share this information with the congress or the american people, how can we be expected to accept assurances that the detainees they intend to reloose in the u.s. are not a threat? anyone who trains to kill civilians in tora bora, whose led leader is a mem

on august 19, 2002, then deputy secretary state richard armitage designated etim, a trit group. the group was designated by the state department under executive order 13224, quote, blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism, end of quote, which defines terrorist activity as activity that involved the violent act or act dangerously to human life, property or infrastructure. later in 2002, the u.s. embassy in beijing reported that two members of etim were deported from allegedly plotting to attack the u.s. embassy. following the attempted attacks the united nations designated etim as a terrorist group under security resolution 21267 and 1390 which provide for the freezing of the group's assets nfment 2004, the state department further added etim to the terrorist exclusion list under section 411 of the u.s.a. patriot act of 2001, which prohibits members of designated terrorist groups from entering into the united states. for two months, just twnt