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FBI Director: “Today’s Terrorism Threat is Everywhere, Coast to Coast”

FBI Director: “Today’s Terrorism Threat is Everywhere, Coast to Coast”

Created: Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 11:41
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Intelligence, Physical Security, Security Preparedness

In a recent interview with CBS News, FBI Director Christopher Wray noted the pervasiveness of the terrorist threat in the United States, despite the common perception that incidents are most likely to occur in major cities. "People think of the 9/11 threat, they think New York, they think D.C. Today's terrorism threat is everywhere, coast to coast, north, south, east, west," Wray said. "It's not just big cities," he continued, pointing to a case in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where a 21-year-old was allegedly inspired by the jihadist movement and "was circulating kill lists of U.S. service members, with names, addresses and photographs." Wray also cited numerous potential terror attacks he asserted the FBI had thwarted, including to a San Francisco pier, a shopping mall in Miami, crowds at a Fourth of July celebration in Cleveland and in Minnesota, where a female college student was "recruiting classmates to join al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab." CBS News.