Ex-CIA insider: July 4 terror alert is “nothing routine”

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Mike Morrell interview earlier this week:

Warnings like Friday’s advisory of potential attacks against the U.S. during the Fourth of July weekend are routine, says CBS News senior security contributor Michael Morell, but said “there’s nothing routine about this particular one to me.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re sitting here a week from today talking about an attack over the weekend in the United States. That’s how serious this is,” Morell said Monday on “CBS This Morning.”

The former CIA deputy director said the FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s recent bulletin resonated with him for two reasons. One note for concern, he said, is the large number of people who align themselves with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“There’s been about 50 people in the last 12 months who have been arrested in the United States for being radicalized by ISIS, wanting to go fight there or wanting to conduct an attack here,” Morell said.

He’s also worried about ISIS’ “call to arms” for attacks against the terror group’s enemies during Ramadan.

Since January 2015, there have been 24 ISIS-linked plots against Western targets — an increase from 19 in all of 2014.

Last week, the world saw three separate attacks in one day, in Kuwait, Tunisia and France. Morell said those violent acts represent the different ways ISIS poses a threat.

 

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Wolf! Wolf! I see a wolf. really I see one this time and think he is going to attack on the 4th.

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[idiot sheep]

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[/idiot sheep]

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The Hill:

U.S. officials stopped Islamic extremist-inspired attempts to kill Americans around the July 4 holiday, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.

Over the past four weeks, more than 10 people inspired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been arrested by U.S. authorities, Comey told multiple news outlets, some of which were focused on the Independence Day holiday.

“I do believe we disrupted efforts to kill people in connection to the Fourth,” Comey said, according to CBS.

The news comes after repeated warnings from the Obama administration about terror threats during the holiday weekend, on the heels of three attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait that rattled security officials. In June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning police around the country to be “vigilant.”

No actual attacks were carried out in the U.S. around the July 4 holiday, prompting some critics of the administration to accuse it of fear-mongering.

So was the Obama Administration crying Wolf, John? Creating a climate of “fear-mongering” and over-hyping terror threats from Islamic extremism because you’re more likely to be struck by lightning than have terrorists bring down your flight?

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I happened to be at a Middle Eastern market on July 1st.
It had a section of dry goods.
In a large pile were about 100 ashura swords.
Wrong time of year, but there they were.

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