WATCH: Intelligence Chairman on ISIS: ‘They Are One Plane Ticket Away’
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Rep. Mike Rogers (R.-Mich.), the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is “one plane ticket away from U.S. shores” and that terrorists carrying European passports could get into the United States without a visa.
“Oh, it’s a very real threat,” Rogers said of the threat to the United States from ISIS.
“You saw the very barbaric behavior,” he said. “And one of the problems is it’s gone unabated for nearly two years, and that draws people from Britain to across Europe, even the United States, to go and join the fight. They see that as a winning ideology, a winning strategy, and they want to be a part of it. And that’s what makes it so dangerous. They are one plane ticket away from U.S. shores. And that’s why we’re so concerned about it.”
Host Chris Jansing asked: “But we’ve heard the Pentagon say that, right now, they are not in a position to launch an attack on the United States. Is there any credible intelligence that ISIS is either planning that or has the capability to do it?
“Well, I’m going to dispute that,” said Rogers. “So we know that, and the number 2,000 of Westerners with Western passports is low. Intelligence has a very different number and it’s much higher than that. And the very fight between Al Qaeda [and ISIS} that allowed ISIS to separate from Al Qaeda in Syria was the fact that they wanted to conduct Western-style operations.
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By Susan Jones.
ISIS/ISIL is competing with other jihadist groups for money and recruits, and “the gold medal will be awarded to the group that can hit America,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned on Sunday.
“It’s about time now to assume the worst about these guys, rather than underestimating them. They’re not the J.V. team anymore,” Graham told CNN’s “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley. “They’re the most prominent terrorist organization in the world, but they’re not the only one. They’re in competition with the other jihadist groups.
“And the gold medal will be awarded to the group that can hit America. They’re fighting for status with al Qaeda, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Nusra. All of these guys are bidding for future recruits and status, and the gold medal goes to the one that can hit us here at home. To those who underestimate this threat, you do so at America’s peril.”
Graham said President Obama needs to change his strategy, because “what he’s doing now is not working.”
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WATCH: Bob Woodward Raises Specter Of New 9/11 With ISIS
By Brendan Bordelon.
Bob Woodward warned that ISIS terrorists based in Iraq and Syria may one day mount a massive strike against the United States rivaling the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks — noting that the jihadis already have more money and resources than al-Qaida possessed 13 years ago.
The famous Washington Post journalist appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the burgeoning Islamist threat, which has been attacked by American warplanes after nearly reaching the Kurdish capital of Irbil earlier this month.
ISIS brutally beheaded captured American journalist James Foley in response, and promised to shed more western and American blood in revenge for U.S. strikes.
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Homeland Security is Already Monitoring Suspected Members of ISIS in America
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By Leah Barkoukis.
The administration can deny that the Islamic State (ISIS) is not at war with America all it wants, but their rhetoric, numerous threats, and recent beheading of an American journalist suggest otherwise. And according to one senator, they’re already developing a plan to blow up a major U.S. city.
It is a serious warning coming from Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe as he warns of the potential of another attack on American soil. The senator sat down with Fox 25 to talk about a variety of topics, but as ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the top issue was national security.
“We’re in the most dangerous position we’ve ever been in as a nation,” Senator Inhofe told Fox 25’s Phil Cross.
“ISIS, they are really bad terrorists, they’re so bad even Al Qaida is afraid of them,” Inhofe said reflecting on the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley. Beyond the beheading, Inhofe said the current terror organizations are not going to stay contained to the Middle East. “They’re crazy out there and they’re rapidly developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city and people just can’t believe that’s happening.”
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