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November 23, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-isis-us-20151120-story.html

Islamic State Presence in the U.S. Is "the New Normal," FBI Director Says

(Los Angeles Times) Tina Susman - FBI Director James B. Comey has warned that Islamic State, an organization that was added to the agency's list of foreign terrorist groups only last year, is now in virtually every state. "This is sort of the new normal," Comey said in July after announcing the arrests of 10 people believed linked to Islamic State plots. Comey has said that as many as 900 investigations are underway into suspected terrorist-related plots, and officials say the majority involve Islamic State. The FBI cited at least 15 cases in August in which defendants were arrested, copped pleas or sentenced. In the two weeks before the Paris attacks, the FBI announced arrests or guilty pleas in five cases involving Islamic State or al-Qaeda.

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