Fourth of July could attract terrorist attacks says ex-CIA insider Michael Morell - CBS News
One note for concern, he said, is the large number of people who align themselves with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (
ISIS).
"There's been about 50 people in the last 12 months who have been arrested in the United States for being radicalized by ISIS, wanting to go fight there or wanting to conduct an attack here," Morell said.
He's also worried about ISIS' "call to arms" for attacks against the terror group's enemies during Ramadan.
Since January 2015, there have been 24 ISIS-linked plots against Western targets -- an increase from 19 in all of 2014.
Last week, the world saw three separate attacks in one day, in
Kuwait,
Tunisia and
France. Morell said those violent acts represent the different ways ISIS poses a threat.
It doesn't mean hide under the bed.............but they have already stopped many attacks already in the last year.