A senior Obama administration official told reporters on Monday that American citizens who have fought alongside the ISIS terror army have managed to come back into the country and are under active surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The stunning revelation came ten days after a Democratic New York congressman spilled the beans with a public  but little-noticed claim that there were 40 such 'foreign fighter' jihadis back on U.S. soil. In a gathering with selected journalists, the administration official acknowledged that it's true. The National Counterterrorism Center's latest determination, the official said, 'includes those who've gone, those who've tried to go, some who've come back and are under active – the FBI is looking at them.'
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Obama administration official concedes that ISIS fighters from America have returned to US soil
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Admission comes ten days after congressman said would-be terrorists in the US 'are known and are being tracked'
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As many as 100 Americans are feared to have gone overseas to join ISIS and its murderous jihad
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Feds fear the impact of veteran terror warriors moving freely throughout the country
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ISIS called Monday for attacks on the US and France, which are dropping bombs on them in Iraq: 'Civilians should not be exempt from brutality'
That number has grown dramatically since June 29, when ISIS declared itself a 'caliphate' – an @placeholder nation led by a supreme religious authority.