‘It is a time to be concerned’
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Joe Biden delivers remarks in honor of Labor Day at Sheet Metal Local 19, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott)
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the United States has entered a “dangerous period” amid the Israel-Hamas war, with fears of Middle Eastern terrorists entering the country while the bureau is unable to detect all individuals coming across the porous southern border.
“What has now increased is the greater possibility of one of these foreign terrorist organizations directing an attack in the United States,” Wray told senators Tuesday at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
He said foreign terrorist organizations, such as al-Qaida, ISIS, and Hezbollah, were calling for attacks on the United States and the West as the war between Israel and the terror group Hamas escalates.
“It is a time to be concerned. We are in a dangerous period,” Wray told U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who questioned him on whether the FBI was able to track all threats and prevent attacks on America.
“I couldn’t say that we’re able to detect all individuals,” Wray responded, noting that “the gaps in our intelligence are real and it’s something that we have concerns about,” Just the News reported Tuesday.