Terrorist groups spreading in U.S., threatening public safety: lawmakers

There are more groups than ever, says Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and they are making small and more sophisticated bombs, added Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.


Sen. Dianne Feinstein says terror groups have tried four times to get bombs through metal detectors in the U.S.

Terrorist groups are expanding and changing their tactics, increasing the risk of an attack in the United States, the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees said Sunday.

Americans aren’t as safe as they were a year or two ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said.

“There are more groups than ever,” she said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

They are constructing smaller but more sophisticated and hard-to-detect bombs, added Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

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The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) says terrorists are making smaller and deadlier bombs that are hard to detect.

“The threat level has never been more diverse than it is today,” Rogers said. “The pressure on our intelligence services to get it right are enormous.”

But that has become more difficult because Al Qaeda-linked groups have adjusted their way of communicating as a result of leaks about U.S. spy programs, Rogers said.

Terrorists have tried four times to get the bombs through metal detectors into the U.S., said Feinstein, declining to elaborate.

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