{"id":117769,"date":"2021-09-22T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117769"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:53:57","slug":"fbi-director-seeks-new-opportunity-as-captain-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117769","title":{"rendered":"FBI director seeks new opportunity as Captain Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Christopher-Wray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Christopher-Wray.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Christopher-Wray.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Christopher-Wray-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends in this article from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/573294-wray-warns-that-taliban-takeover-in-afghanistan-could-inspire-us-based?rl=1&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EBB%209.22.21&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire a new wave of extremism in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that extremist groups have never stop plotting attacks on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the domestic terrorism caseload has skyrocketed since the spring of 2020, from around 1,000 possible investigations to 2,700.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned that, with developments in Afghanistan, among other things, that there will be more inspiration to the first bucket,\u201d Wray told the committee. \u201cSo I think we anticipate, unfortunately, growth in both categories as we look ahead over the next couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid also testified to the committee that the terrorism threat to the country is less \u201cacute\u201d than it was two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Abizaid also said that U.S. officials have been monitoring how terror groups al Qaeda and ISIS could rebuild their forces and conduct an attack on the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the wake of our withdrawal, the question is, at what point does that regional threat build to a capability and intent that is focused externally and particularly focused on the homeland?\u201d Abizaid said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say from an intelligence community perspective, that\u2019s one of our highest priorities, is just to monitor and assess the degree to which those groups actually present an external threat.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good thing Biden got an early jump on fighting domestic extremism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends in this article from The Hill; 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