Over the last few weeks, men working in the neighborhood of Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, now identified as the Islamic terrorists who killed 14 people Wednesday in San Bernardino, California, thought it strange that several Middle Eastern men had been hanging around the couple's home but never spoke up because they were too afraid of sounding racist.

CBS Los Angeles reports:

A man who has been working in the area said he noticed a half-dozen Middle Eastern men in the area in recent weeks, but decided not to report anything since he did not wish to racially profile those people.

“We sat around lunch thinking, ‘What were they doing around the neighborhood?'” he said.  “We’d see them leave where they’re raiding the apartment.”

As TruthRevolt has learned, Farook was described by his father as a "very religious" Muslim and is known to have traveled to Saudi Arabia in the last year. Neighbors of the terrorists also noticed Farook becoming more religious over the last couple of years, as The Washington Examiner notes:

A sympathetic neighbor of the deceased suspect said that "maybe two years ago, he became more religious. He grew a beard and started to wear religious clothing: the long shirt that's like a dress and the cap on his head."

The federal government has provided a way for citizens to alert Homeland Security of suspicions by telling them, "If you see something, say something." However, the federal rules don't allow a person's appearance to be suspicious:

The "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign respects citizens' privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties by emphasizing behavior, rather than appearance, in identifying suspicious activity.

Factors such as race, ethnicity, and/or religious affiliation are not suspicious. The public should only report suspicious behavior and situations (e.g., an unattended backpack or package, or someone breaking into a restricted area). Only reports that document behavior that is reasonably indicative of criminal activity related to terrorism will be shared with federal partners.

Yet, hindsight in this case, and surely others, proves that appearance had everything to do with being suspicious. Had something been said under the freedom and liberty the First Amendment provides all Americans to speak up, maybe the home could have been raided prior to the couple's plan of jihad was carried out. Surely, the Constitution still has more power than a few rules on Homeland Security's website.