{"id":97331,"date":"2023-10-31T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T04:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=97331"},"modified":"2023-10-31T23:20:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T04:20:37","slug":"97331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=97331","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, if the goobermint would have secured the border&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/smoosieq\/2023\/10\/31\/a-time-for-vigilance-fbi-dir-christopher-wray-warns-of-heightened-threats-to-the-homeland-n2165748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;A Time for Vigilance&#8217;: FBI Dir. Christopher Wray Warns of Heightened Threats to the Homeland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FBI Director\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/tags\/christopher-wray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Wray<\/a>\u00a0testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Tuesday morning. The hearing was titled &#8220;Threats to the Homeland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with his appearance, Wray submitted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Testimony-Wray-2023-10-31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15-page statement<\/a>\u00a0covering the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Key Threats and Challenges<\/li>\n<li>National Security\n<ul>\n<li>Terrorism Threats<\/li>\n<li>Cyber<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Intelligence Threats<\/li>\n<li>National Counterintelligence Task Force<\/li>\n<li>Transnational Repression and Other Counterintelligence Threats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Threats\n<ul>\n<li>Violent Crime<\/li>\n<li>Transnational Organized Crime<\/li>\n<li>Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But it was Wray&#8217;s testimony regarding the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/tags\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">heightened risk<\/a>\u00a0of attacks here in the U.S. that really caught the attention. This exchange between Wray and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) highlights the danger of the times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1719384427502203031&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fsmoosieq%2F2023%2F10%2F31%2Fa-time-for-vigilance-fbi-dir-christopher-wray-warns-of-heightened-threats-to-the-homeland-n2165748&amp;sessionId=bd6cd9fc90a8169e61ae9b07a260d9988ed8e939&amp;siteScreenName=RedState&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1719384427502203031\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WRAY: What has now increased is the greater possibility of one of these foreign terrorist organizations directing an attack in the United States. We haven&#8217;t seen evidence that it&#8217;s actually happening yet, but what we have seen is \u2014 and I listed them off in my opening remarks \u2014 one terrorist organization after another calling for attacks.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">SCOTT: We should wake up.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WRAY: It is a time to be concerned. We are in a dangerous period.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">SCOTT: So, is the FBI able to track all threats and prevent these individuals from conducting an attack on U.S. soil?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WRAY: I couldn&#8217;t say that we&#8217;re able to detect all individuals. The people that we know about \u2014 as Secretary Rumsfeld used to say, &#8216;the known-known&#8217; \u2014 we&#8217;re quite good at, together with our partners. But it is the unknown-unknown that I worry about quite a bit.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">SCOTT: So, Director Wray, can you say that we do not have either individual foreign terrorists or terror cells affiliated with foreign groups currently operating in the United States?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WRAY: Well, we&#8217;re not \u2014 we&#8217;re not tracking\u00a0<em>that<\/em>, but again, I come back to what it is: The gaps in our intelligence are real, and it&#8217;s something that we have concerns about.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">SCOTT: So, Director Wray, so&#8230;what would you say right now to the American public \u2014 because, like, in my state, I&#8217;ve got a significant Jewish population. They&#8217;re scared to go to synagogue, Chabad. They&#8217;re scared to send their kids to day schools. So \u2014 but it&#8217;s not just them. It&#8217;s other individuals, like my daughters called me and said: Should they be sending their kids to school? What would you tell Americans right now about the threat today as compared to before?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WRAY: This is not a time for panic, but it is a time for vigilance. We shouldn&#8217;t stop conducting our daily lives, going to schools, houses of worship, and so forth. But we should be vigilant. You often hear the expression &#8220;If you see something, say something.&#8221; \u00a0That&#8217;s never been more true than now. And that&#8217;s probably partly why the American people are reporting more tips and leads to us and we&#8217;re pursuing those threats and leads as vigorously and responsibly as we can.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wray acknowledged the very real threat of terrorist groups like Hamas conducting attacks on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1719397370994000186&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fsmoosieq%2F2023%2F10%2F31%2Fa-time-for-vigilance-fbi-dir-christopher-wray-warns-of-heightened-threats-to-the-homeland-n2165748&amp;sessionId=bd6cd9fc90a8169e61ae9b07a260d9988ed8e939&amp;siteScreenName=RedState&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1719397370994000186\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;On top of the homegrown violent extremists and domestic violent extremist threat, we also cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or another foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here, on our own soil.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another point of note from Wray was his acknowledgment of assassination attempts made by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/tags\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran<\/a>\u00a0(through its agents) on U.S. government officials on American soil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1719395286605345215&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fsmoosieq%2F2023%2F10%2F31%2Fa-time-for-vigilance-fbi-dir-christopher-wray-warns-of-heightened-threats-to-the-homeland-n2165748&amp;sessionId=bd6cd9fc90a8169e61ae9b07a260d9988ed8e939&amp;siteScreenName=RedState&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1719395286605345215\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;As the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranians, for instance, have directly, or by hiring criminals, mounted assassination attempts against dissidents and high-ranking current and former U.S. government officials, including right here, on American soil. And along those lines, Hezbollah, Iran\u2019s primary strategic partner, has a history of seeding operatives and infrastructure, obtaining money and weapons, and spying in this country, going back years.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why the Biden administration still appears intent on playing nice with the Iranian regime, given its long \u2014 and acknowledged \u2014 history of sponsoring terror around the world, including here in the homeland is a question owed an answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, if the goobermint would have secured the border&#8230;&#8230;. &#8216;A Time for Vigilance&#8217;: FBI Dir. Christopher Wray Warns of Heightened Threats to the Homeland FBI Director\u00a0Christopher Wray\u00a0testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Tuesday morning. The hearing was titled &#8220;Threats to the Homeland.&#8221; In conjunction with his appearance, Wray submitted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=97331\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,50,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-goobermint","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97332,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97331\/revisions\/97332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}