James Clapper actually said...

I think an organization like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) poses a much greater sort of tactical near-term operational threat to the Homeland than does the ideological center of core al Qaeda in the FATA in Pakistan.

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Clapper assesses AQAP as a more immediate threat than core al Qaeda.

02/10/2014

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