In the TNR piece, there is one particularly memorable passage about a Brit who'd trained at a jihadi camp in Afghanistan:
Still, as Al Qaeda continued to target civilians for attacks, Hassan began to rethink. His employment by an artificial intelligence consulting firm also integrated him back toward mainstream British life. "It was a slow process and involved a lot of soul-searching. ... Over time, I became convinced that bin Laden was dangerous and an extremist."
The depth of his commitment to militant Islam was simultaneously so great that he was inspired to train in Al Qaeda camps a world away, yet so superficial that something as banal as a job in a mainstream business could break the spell. Hmm. I'm not sure what to make of that.
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