US EditionUS faces elevated terrorism threats against backdrop of Iran war and cuts at FBI, Justice Department
Recent violent incidents highlight increased terrorism risks amid U.S.-Iran tensions and significant FBI and Justice Department counterterrorism staff departures.
- This past week, three acts of violence across the U.S. revealed an elevated terrorism threat, including bombs at a New York protest, a university shooting in Virginia, and a vehicle ramming at a Michigan synagogue.
- Amid the U.S. war with Iran, an FBI bulletin warned of Iran's aspiration to conduct a drone attack in California, though officials said the intelligence was unverified.
- Resignations, firings and resource shifts have depleted counterterrorism experience, with about half of the Justice Department's National Security Division prosecutors and dozens of FBI agents, including some on Iran cases, recently dismissed or reassigned.
- Retired senior FBI official Frank Montoya says loss of experience strains threat detection, while the FBI and Justice Department say they continuously assess resources to ensure safety.
- Lone actors radicalized online remain hard to prevent, carrying out deadly attacks like the Chattanooga 2015 ambush attacks and Orlando nightclub 2016 massacre, while Iranian proxies’ large-scale U.S. assault capability remains unclear.
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US faces elevated terrorism threats amid Iran war, cuts at FBI and Justice Department
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