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FBI says Hamas attack on Israel inspiring ‘new level’ of terror threat against US (archive.ph)

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Original Financial Times link (paywalled).

The head of the FBI warned a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the Hamas attack on Israel has given terrorists inspiration “the likes of which we haven’t seen” since the rise of Isis a decade ago.

Christopher Wray told the US Senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs that while the terrorism threat had been high throughout 2023, “the ongoing war in the Middle East has raised the threat of an attack against Americans in the United States to a whole other level”.

“We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven’t seen since Isis launched its so-called caliphate years ago,” Wray said.

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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Did Director Wray not get the memo from his boss that Israel aid will “pay dividends for American security”?