FBI Director Wray and National Intelligence Director Haines testified at a Senate hearing on global threats. Wray highlighted concerns about a smuggling network with ISIS ties at the U.S. border, including drug trafficking. Haines stated that the Gaza conflict may have a long-term impact on terrorism, inspiring acts of antisemitism and islamophobic terror worldwide.
The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment from the US Intelligence Community warns that the Oct 7 Hamas attack encouraged individuals to conduct acts of antisemitic + Islamophobic terror worldwide and inspired al-Qaeda and ISIS to activate supporters to attack US and Israeli interests.
FBI Director Wray says he IS concerned border crossers could launch another 9/11 terror attack in the U.S. and warns human trafficking cells have ties to ISIS https://t.co/DYRirsMGsy https://t.co/oaLTWvOrbu
FBI Director Confirms Prison Gangs and Islamic Terrorists Are Exploiting the Border https://t.co/8lKKSpXbPg
🚨🇺🇸FBI WARNS OF ISIS LINKS TO U.S BORDER DRUG SMUGGLING FBI Director Wray expressed concerns over a smuggling network with ISIS ties at the U.S. border, including extensive drug trafficking, with fentanyl seizures by the FBI enough to kill 270 million. "There is a particular… https://t.co/wV0rBulLj3
FBI'S WRAY SAYS THREATS POSED TO THE US BY DOMESTIC, FOREIGN AND STATE-SPONSORED EXTREMISTS HAVE 'GONE TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL' SINCE OCT. 7 HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL
When asked if terrorists may be among the 1.8 million gotaways exploiting the open border policies of the Biden administration, FBI Director Wray cites Rumfield’s Rule: we don’t know what we don’t know.
National Intelligence Director Avril Haines at Senate hearing on worldwide threats: "It is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on terrorism...We have seen how it is inspiring individuals to conduct acts of antisemitism & islamophobic terror worldwide." https://t.co/dkD7DkgfQ9
A) FBI Dir Wray at Senate hrng: Certainly we have had dangerous individuals enter the United States of a variety of sorts from an FBI perspective, we are seeing a wide array of very dangerous threats than emanate from the border.
1) FBI Dir Wray at Senate hearing: There is a particular network..where some of the overseas facilitators of the smuggling network have ISIS ties that we're very concerned about and that we've been spending enormous amount of effort..investigating
FBI Director Wray: Wide variety of crimes emanating from the broken border
DNI Haines to Senate cmte: The crisis has galvanized violence by a range of actors around the world. And while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on terrorism.