U.S. Next Threat Will Likely be Homegrown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States faces a heightened threat of terrorist attack “for the foreseeable future” but any attack will likely be homegrown, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday.
Chertoff, who said over the summer that he had a “gut feeling” that the country faced a heightened risk of attack, said that assessment still stands.
“It’s not something that’s going to evaporate in a week or two. I think it’s something that’s going to be with us for a while,” he told a small group of reporters in a phone call.
Chertoff, who is in charge of ensuring that the country does not face another attack like that of September 11, 2001, said the heightened risk was not based on any intelligence predicting a specific, imminent attack.
