{"id":2116700,"date":"2023-12-05T17:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T22:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-says-terrorist-threats-have-escalated-to-an-all-time-high-since-october-7\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T22:48:40","slug":"fbi-director-says-terrorist-threats-have-escalated-to-an-all-time-high-since-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-says-terrorist-threats-have-escalated-to-an-all-time-high-since-october-7\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director warns of record-high terrorist threats since October 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-says-terrorist-threats-have-escalated-to-an-all-time-high-since-october-7%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 \u2062JULY 12: FBI\u200c Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing about oversight of the Federal Bureau\u2064 of\u2062 Investigation on Capitol Hill July 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. \u2064(Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>2:45 PM \u2013 Tuesday, December\u200b 5, 2023<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray \u2062revealed\u2062 that \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-prepping-for-art-career-with-shady-dealer\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden prepping for art career with shady dealer\">terrorist threats<\/a> towards the United \u2062States have \u2063surged since the October\u200d 7<sup>th<\/sup> attack on Israel.\u200b <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing on \u200bTuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified that \u200dthe terrorist threats aimed at the U.S. \u2064have escalated \u2062since \u2062the war\u2062 between Israel and Hamas began on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Wray expressed his\u200d concern to the U.S. Senate \u200dJudiciary \u200dCommittee, stating \u200dthat\u2064 he sees &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stock-market-plunges-as-recession-fears-soar\/\" title=\"Stock Market Plunges as Recession Fears Soar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-chinas-j-20-mighty-dragon-stealth-fighter-a-threat-to-the-us-air-force\/\" title=\"Meet China\u2019s J-20 Mighty Dragon Stealth Fighter: A Threat to the US Air Force?\">blinking red<\/a> lights<\/a> everywhere,&#8221; referring \u200dto the unexpected surge in terror threats during the Israel-Hamas conflict. <\/p>\n<p>Senator\u2064 Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked Wray for his opinion on the \u200ccurrent &#8220;threat matrix&#8221;\u200c facing \u2064the \u2063U.S. during the\u200d hearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;What I \u200cwould say that is unique about the environment that we\u2019re in right now in my career is that while there may have been times over\u2063 the\u2064 years where individual threats \u200ccould have been higher here or there than \u2063where they\u200b may \u2062be\u200d right\u2064 now, I\u2019ve never seen\u200d a time where all the \u200cthreats or so many of the threats are all elevated, all at exactly the same time,&#8221; the FBI\u200d director told Graham.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;So, the blinking \u2064red lights\u200d analogy\u2063 about 9\/11 \u2014 all the \u200clights were blinking red before\u2063 9\/11, apparently,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Obviously, all\u200c of us missed it. Would you say there\u2019s multiple blinking \u200bred lights out there?&#8221; he asked. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Wray answered, saying, &#8220;I see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinking-lights-everywhere-fbi-director-raises-alarm-over-terror-threat-to-us\/\" title=\"FBI Director alarmed by US terror threat: 'Blinking Lights Everywhere\">blinking lights<\/a> everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later, Wray informed\u200c Graham that since the start \u2062of the war on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, a &#8220;veritable rogue\u2019s gallery of \u2062foreign terrorists&#8221; has issued \u200dthreats against the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The\u2062 threat\u2062 level has\u2064 gone to a \u200dwhole other level since October 7<sup>th<\/sup>,&#8221; Wray emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING:\u200d FBI Director Wray\u2062 sounds \u2064the alarm, once \u200dagain, about serious terror threats to America. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen \u200da time where all the threats\u200b or so many of the threats are all elevated, all \u2064at exactly the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked \u2064by Senator\u2064 Lindsey Graham, \u2064in\u200b comparison to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cri4v2MtrU\">pic.twitter.com\/Cri4v2MtrU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking 4 News (@Breaking_4_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking_4_News\/status\/1732073840098889957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The director\u2019s remarks on Tuesday align with his previous warning to Senate lawmakers in October, \u2064where he stated that the actions of Hamas and\u200b its allies would\u200d serve as an &#8220;inspiration the likes of which\u200c we haven\u2019t seen since ISIS launched its so-called \u200ccaliphate several\u2063 years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The reality is that the terrorism threat has been \u2063elevated \u2062throughout 2023, but the ongoing \u2064war in the Middle East \u2062has raised \u2064the threat of an attack against Americans\u2063 in \u2064the United \u200bStates to a whole\u200d other level,&#8221; the FBI director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1v82P80R9QU&#038;t=1016s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testified<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\"\u200c data-category=\"marketing\" \u200cdata-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmpl <br \/>\n<h2> How does FBI Director Christopher Wray compare the current threat level to previous instances of elevated threats?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  FBI Director Christopher Wray Reveals Surge in Terrorist Threats\u200d Following Israel-Hamas Conflict<\/p>\n<p>In a recent hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified \u200dthat\u2064 the United States has experienced a sharp increase in terrorist threats\u200c since the beginning of the\u2064 Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7th\u2063 of this year. Wray expressed his concern,\u200c stating that he sees \u200d&#8221;blinking red lights everywhere&#8221; in relation to the elevated threat level \u2062facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sought Wray&#8217;s opinion \u2062on the current\u2063 &#8220;threat matrix&#8221; facing the United States. Wray \u2062responded by highlighting the unique nature of the current environment, stating that while\u200b there \u200bmay have been \u2064individual\u200c threats\u2064 in the past that\u200d were higher than the current level, he has never seen a time when so \u2062many threats are all elevated at the \u2063same\u2064 time.<\/p>\n<p>Graham \u2064further probed Wray, drawing a \u200dparallel to the situation before the 9\/11 attacks, where the &#8220;blinking red lights&#8221; were \u2064missed by many. He asked Wray if there are multiple blinking red lights currently indicating\u2062 potential \u2062threats. Wray&#8217;s response was unequivocal &#8211; he\u200b stated that he sees \u2063blinking lights everywhere, indicating the severity and pervasiveness\u200d of the\u2064 threats facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a later exchange, Wray informed Senator Graham\u2063 that since the start of the war on October 7th, a &#8220;veritable rogue&#8217;s gallery of foreign terrorists&#8221; has issued threats against the United States. He emphasized that the \u2062threat \u2063level has escalated to a whole other level since\u2063 the onset of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in terrorist threats following the\u2064 Israel-Hamas conflict raises\u2064 serious concerns about the security and safety of the\u2062 United States. It underscores the \u200cneed for \u200bheightened vigilance and proactive measures to counter these \u200bthreats. Director \u2063Wray&#8217;s \u2062revelation serves as a stark reminder \u2064that the\u200b fight against terrorism is an ongoing battle that requires constant adaptation and effective cooperation between intelligence agencies and law \u2062enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Given the alarming increase in terrorist threats, it is imperative for the United States to reassess its national security strategies and adequately allocate resources \u200dtowards addressing this rising threat. The identification and neutralization of potential \u2062threats, along with enhanced international cooperation, will be crucial in mitigating the risks \u2064posed by these elevated threat levels.<\/p>\n<p>As Director Wray\u2062 emphasized, the United States is facing an unprecedented situation where numerous threats are simultaneously elevated. It is imperative that federal agencies, the intelligence community, and lawmakers work collaboratively to assess the evolving \u200bthreat\u2063 landscape, devise effective counterterrorism\u2062 policies, and ensure the safety and security \u2064of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the surge in terrorist threats following the Israel-Hamas conflict underscores the need for heightened\u200c security measures and a comprehensive approach to counter the evolving\u2062 threat landscape. Director Wray&#8217;s testimony serves as a call to action for all stakeholders involved in \u2062national security to remain vigilant, reassess strategies, and prioritize \u2064the safety and \u200dwell-being of the United States and its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on oversight of the FBI in Washington, DC. 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