Intelligence Leaders: Terror Attack Against U.S. in Next Six Months 'Certain'

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Elijah Friedeman, the Millennial Perspective

A terrorist attack against the U.S. is "certain" within the next six months. A rather chilling admission from the head of the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of the CIA, FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency all agreed with the analysis of the situation.

Scary

    The five senior leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate panel Tuesday they are "certain" that terrorists will attempt another attack on the United States in the next three to six months.

    The warning came during the annual threat briefing to Congress in response to questions from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, who asked, "What is the likelihood of another terrorist-attempted attack on the U.S homeland in the next three to six months? High or low?"

    "An attempted attack, the priority is certain, I would say," said Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, a retired admiral.

    Four other intelligence agency leaders who appeared at the hearing with Adm. Blair said they agreed with the assessment.

    They included CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr., the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and John Dinger, the acting assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research.

And just in case you still have an optimistic outlook on national security after hearing that a terrorist attack within the next six months is certain, here are some of the additional national security threats the U.S. faces.

    Adm. Blair outlined the major threats facing the United States in addition to a possible terrorist attack. They include:

    -- The threat of major attacks on U.S. computer networks and infrastructure.

    -- The increasingly dangerous Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.

    -- Instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan.

    -- Iranian and North Korean missile and nuclear programs.

    -- China's military buildup.

    -- Efforts by the anti-U.S. government of Venezuela to develop closer ties with Iran, China and Russia.

And our current administration is giving known terrorists the same rights as U.S. citizens. Nice.