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Jeh Johnson: Groups like ISIL or Al Qaeda now are calling publicly for attacks in the west, of people they have never recruited…

On the recordMay 7, 2015
Groups like ISIL or Al Qaeda now are calling publicly for attacks in the west, of people they have never recruited, specifically they have never trained, they never even met. Someone could decide on their own to answer that call with little or no notice.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Jeh Johnson discusses the threat posed by ISIS and Al Qaeda, emphasizing the risk of independent attacks.

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