IS more dangerous than al-Qaeda – FBI chief

23 July 2015, 2:53 pm

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FBI chief James Comey tells a meeting of present and former US national security officials that Islamic State’s efforts to recruit troubled Americans is a bigger terror threat to the country than an al-Qaeda attack, Sky News reports.

Comey tells the Aspen Security Forum that Islamic State has influenced a significant number of Americans through a social media campaign calling on Muslims who cannot travel to the Middle East to “kill where you are.”

He says: “The people the Islamic State is trying to reach are people that al-Qaeda would never use as an operative, because they are often unstable, troubled drug users.” Referring to IS’s use of encrypted communications, he adds: “I worry very much about what I can’t see.”