I had the distinct privilege of hosting two friends tonight on my radio show. LTG Thomas McInerney (ret)
and Sheriff Jon Lopey of Siskiyou County, California.
General McInerney explained the threats to America beyond Islamic State to include China’s potential aggressions but he put special emphasis on Putin’s operation to rebuild the old Soviet Union where NATO is operating from a feeble posture.
Sheriff Lopey explain the moral and attitude in law enforcement across the country due mostly in part of the behavior of the Mayor of Baltimore allowing officers to be victims of rocks, bricks and bottles being thrown at them while they were told be practice sensitivity to the rioters. The sheriff also spoke to the rush to judgment by the prosecutor’s office against the 6 officers yet provided high praise for law enforcement in Garland, Texas.
Meanwhile, Director of the FBI today declare that Islamic State has inspired soldiers in each U.S. state causing major investigations across the homeland.
FBI director says Islamic State influence growing in U.S.
WASHINGTON — In a dramatic assessment of the domestic threat posed by the Islamic State, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday there are “hundreds, maybe thousands” of people across the country who are receiving recruitment overtures from the terrorist group or directives to attack the U.S.
Comey said the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, is leveraging social media in unprecedented ways through Twitter and other platforms, directing messages to the smartphones of “disturbed people” who could be pushed to launch assaults on U.S. targets.
“It’s like the devil sitting on their shoulders, saying ‘kill, kill, kill,”’ Comey said in a meeting with reporters.
The FBI director’s comments come in the midst of a federal investigation into a foiled attack in Garland, Texas, involving two ISIL sympathizers, one of whom, Elton Simpson, was long known to federal authorities.
Comey said Thursday that hours before the attempted Garland attack, FBI agents sent a bulletin to local authorities indicating that Simpson may have been interested in traveling there from Phoenix to attend the conference featuring controversial cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed. At the time, Comey said, agents did not have specific information that Simpson had targeted the meeting.
The 30-year-old Simpson and associate Nadir Soofi, 34, were fatally shot by a police officer Sunday night after the pair launched a bungled attack on the conference. Read the full article here.
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