Posted on 09/15/2014 2:19:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Homeland Security spokesman Francis Taylor said in a Senate hearing last week that there is no evidence to support the belief that the Islamic State terror group is planning a cross border attack on U.S. soil.
Taylor, DHS undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about DHS being "unaware" of a threat from the group, which is also called ISIS or ISIL.
"At present, DHS is unaware of any specific, credible threat to the U.S. homeland from ISIL," Taylor said Wednesday, according to a transcript.
"I'm satisfied we have the intelligence and the capability on our border that would prevent that activity."
Based in Northern Iraq and Syria, ISIS has garnered international attention for its military victories and brutal acts of violence against civilians and religious minorities.
With a force of over 30,000, hundreds of ISIS' fighters are citizens of western nations, including the United Kingdom and the U.S.
The number of American citizens belonging to ISIS has prompted individuals like Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry to conclude that they are planning to attack American soil.
"We have seen historic high levels of individuals from countries with terrorist ties over the course of the last few months," Perry said last month. "Because of the condition of the border from the standpoint of it not being secured and us not knowing who is penetrating across, individuals from ISIS or other terrorist states ... I think it is a very real possibility that they have already used that."
Judicial Watch, a conservative organization, also claimed that anonymous intelligence officials have confirmed that ISIS is operating in border towns, such as Ciudad Juarez.
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Yes, ISIS is not a threat. ISIL is.
Right, ISIS can not be considered a threat but we better watch out for Tea Party types and military veterans.
IS IS where have we heard that before ?
What the h*ll good is the Patriot Act if we don’t secure the borders from the Moslems who are hell bent on destroying us?
Is this from the same Homeland Security that wanted to pat down that passenger who was LEAVING an airport?
Folks, it is long past time we make our gubmit more afraid of us than we are of them.
Doesn’t take violence...just a “shove it up your Obamahole” repeated by enough of us.
ISIS is only a Threat if you have a Head on your shoulders
Islam is the threat.
Unless something is done about this, we’re going to be in a very different situation at this same time next year.
These 7th century weirdos want to destroy modern civilization and The Golfer is happy to let them do so.
Why? Does he think there are especially good courses in Islamic countries, open to him alone if he becomes caliph?
Yeah, similar morons said the same thing about Bin Laden in 1997 even AFTER he declared war on us.
We are going to be hit big sometime, and the fact is,this regime not only armed them, but they left the back door open for them to come streaming in.
Not ineptitude, not ignorance - but a willful, deliberate and insidious plot.
Marxists revolutions require chaos, mayhem, blood in the streets and fear so as to justify brutal acts to keep ‘the people’ safe….from themselves.
RE: Yes, ISIS is not a threat. ISIL is.
But is IS a threat?
Excellent reasoning. Good post.
Is DH”S” DELIBERATING lying about the name?
Was not the released 30,000 felons enough?
Was not the Boston Atrocity (without passports) enough?
Was not the DH”S” quartering tuberculosis and EV-68 enough?
Ah, he cranially privileged who won't acknowledge that the only reason they got ahead is because of the unfair advantages that skull connection affords.
Right, ISIS can not be considered a threat but we better watch out for Tea Party types and military veterans.
And all of those 85 year old women, that TSA thinks are smuggling C4 onto planes.
“Unless something is done about this, we’re going to be in a very different situation at this same time next year.”
I saw one of those Fred Thompson reverse mortgage ads on TV the other night, and thought how different this country would be today if he’d won the election in 2008.
Whether you like him or not, just imagine how different things would be now. Sad isn’t it?
2. there is no evidence to support the belief that the Islamic State terror group is planning a cross border attack on U.S. soil.
3. "At present, DHS is unaware of any specific, credible threat to the U.S. homeland from ISIL,"
Three entirely separate statements. It's like saying "There is no Santa Claus", "There is no proof of Santa Claus" and "At present there is no specific, credible proof that Santa Claus plans to climb down my chimney this Christmas Eve". The use weasel words enough and the weasel gets bigger than the words.
So it depends what the definition of IS is? Got it!!
To Homeland Security...check your memos!!
Unless you aren't a Black Muslim.
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