The U.S. State Department is refusing to recognize the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, despite its targeted bombings of Catholic churches and murder of 630 people in Nigeria this year, most of them Christians. More worrisome than the State Department’s lack of clarity, however, is the Nigerian government’s failure to take action against Boko Haram. It’s becoming clear that government corruption is preventing a strong response to Boko Haram’s radical Islamists and is compromising the security of Nigeria’s Christians. It may also jeopardize U.S. aid to Nigeria.