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Volume 17
October 2017 Edition
ICE Arrests 498 on Fed
Immigration Charges
During Operation
‘Safe City’
Weaponized drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehi-
cles (UAV), have increasingly been used in attacks by foreign
terrorists in war plagued regions around the globe.
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned
Congress on Wednesday that terror-
ist groups are looking to use drones to
wage terror attacks in the U.S.
“I think we do know that terrorist organizations
have an interest in using drones,” Wray testified
in a hearing for the Senate Homeland Security
and Government Affairs Committee Wedsday.
“We’ve seen that overseas already with growing
frequency. I think the expectation is that it’s com-
ing here imminently.”
I think they are relatively easy to acquire, rela-
tively easy to operate, and quite difficult to disrupt
and monitor.”
(FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned US Congress
on Wednesday of imminent terrorist drone attacks on the US
soil. Courtesy of C-Span, Chuck Ross and YouTube)
Nicholas Rasmussen, the director of the Nation-
al Counterterrorism Center echoed Wray’s con-
cerns.
“Two years ago this was not a problem,” Ras-
mussen testified during the hearing.
“A year ago it was an emerging problem. Now
it’s a real problem. So we’re quickly trying to up
our game.”
Weaponized drones, also known as unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV), have increasingly been
used in attacks by foreign terrorists in war
plagued regions around the globe.
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