Posted on 08/11/2014 10:39:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Those current and former members of America’s intelligence community who are allowed to speak publicly have long been warning that ISIS poses a threat to American national security.
George W. Bush’s former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Juan Zarate warned that Iraq has become “a cauldron of future terrorist threats to the west.” Obama’s former acting CIA Director Mike Morell observed that ISIS’s second goal after securing a caliphate in Iraq and Syria is to “use that as a safe haven to attack the United States.” Even Secretary of State John Kerry has cautioned that ISIS may represent a long-term threat to American national security.
Don’t believe your own ears, say Obama administration officials. NBC News White House Correspondent Chris Jansing reported on Monday that the president is not especially concerned about those who are criticizing his approach to the Iraq crisis. The White House is, however, pushing back on the notion that Obama is not doing enough to address what appears to be a nascent threat to the U.S. homeland.
“They say there is nothing in the intelligence that suggests that ISIS is prepared or even as interest in attacking the U.S. homeland,” Jansing revealed.
In a poetic turn of events, this statement was proven not especially well-founded within an hour when CNN reported that an alleged “ISIS sympathizer” had been arrested at JFK airport in New York City.
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Not decide to join the jihad. Decide to dump Al Qaeda for ISIS.
I just hope they caught that mom with an extra ounce of breast milk that tried to sneak on her flight
Another of Obama's illegal alien relatives?
Rita Cosby — Lordy! What is wrong with her voice?
Colorado Woman Arrested For Aiding ISIS Terrorist GroupDidn't they say they are coming to Wash DC?
Colorado Woman Arrested For Aiding ISIS Terrorist Group
Shannon Maureen Conley, a 19-year-old Colorado woman, was arrested at the Denver airport as it was believed she was on her way provide material support to terrorists.
Shannon Maureen Conley, a 19-year-old Colorado woman, was arrested at Denver International Airport as it was believed she was on her way provide material support to terrorists.
The arrest happened in April, but court documents concerning the matter were just recently unsealed.
According to the report, the terrorist group she intended to give information to is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS.
If these two are known about (the CO one hidden from news for 3 months!) I'm sure there are many more.
Probably streaming across the southern border which is like a sieve.
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