Opinion
Within the wake of the terrorist assault by Hamas on Israel in early October and the battle in Gaza that continues to rage, the pinnacle of the FBI says the US is extremely inclined to terrorist assaults proper now.
Probably greater than ever earlier than.
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FBI’s Wray: ‘I’ve by no means seen a time the place all of the threats or so lots of the threats are all elevated, all at precisely the identical time’
Individuals who lived by the late 1990’s and the next Conflict on Terror have heard this “unprecedented threat” declare many, many instances over time. Is it actually true this time?
Fox Information reviews:
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday that the phobia risk dealing with the US has reached unprecedented ranges for the reason that Oct. 7 assault on Israel. …
“What I would say that is unique about the environment that we’re in right now in my career is that while there may have been times over the years where individual threats could have been higher here or there than where they may be right now, I’ve never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated, all at exactly the same time,” the FBI director replied.
“So, blinking red lights analogy about 9/11 — all the lights were blinking red before 9/11, apparently,” Graham continued. “Obviously, all of us missed it. Would you say there’s multiple blinking red lights out there?” he requested.
“I see blinking red lights everywhere,” Wray answered.
Contemplating the state of the southern border, and unlawful aliens from the Center East, Africa, East Asia, and in every single place else on the planet are capable of merely stroll into the nation, and there’s clearly a recipe for catastrophe.
The report added, “He [Wray] later told Graham that since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, when Hamas terrorists brutally murdered at least 1,200 Israelis, a ‘veritable rogue’s gallery of foreign terrorists’ has called for attacks against the U.S.”
“The threat level has gone to a whole nother level since Oct. 7,’ Wray emphasized.”
After 9/11, many puzzled how intelligence may have failed so badly. Historical past.com notes, “For most Americans (and those around the world), the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 came as a shock. But for American and international investigators, warning signs of the attack had been brewing for more than a decade.”
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Will future terrorist assaults be prevented?
We now know that Israeli authorities had data of the October 7 terrorist assault by Hamas for almost a yr.
Will American authorities be capable to stop terrorist assaults on the U.S. throughout this time of excessive rigidity?
We will solely hope so – however it’s additionally arduous to disregard their colossal failures of the previous.
So long as the southern border invitations the whole world, security is only a matter of time.
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