Terror threat

Kelly: US Terror Threat Now As High As On 9/11

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly warned Tuesday that the terror threat to the U.S. is “as threatening” as it was on 9/11.

“The threat to our nation and our American way of life has not diminished," he said during a speech at George Washington University. "In fact, the threat has metastasized and decentralized, and the risk is as threatening today as it was that September morning almost 16 years ago."

Kelly specifically pointed to the danger of homegrown terrorists and foreign fighters who have gone to Syria and Iraq with plans to return home.

There isn’t a single state that the FBI doesn’t have open terror investigations in, he said, adding that since 2013 there have been 37 plots to attack the U.S. linked to ISIS.