Tue, 2011-07-26 08:46 AM
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Rep. Peter King (R-NY) |
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the House of Representatives, asserted that Americans are much safer today than on 9/11. Among the reasons he cited were public awareness of the potential threats that exist, better integration and cooperation with our allies, and an exceptional commitment by the NYPD, which has 1,000 officers working in counter-terrorism and engages in extensive intelligence-sharing with the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, the New York State police, FBI and CIA.
But he warned that Al Qaeda realizes that Americans feel secure, so they are now using radicalized homegrown operatives, such as Najibullah Zazi, the would-be 2009 NYC subway bomber, who grew up in Queens, and U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who allegedly murdered 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.
“The only way they found out about Zazi, was that his name came up in a conversation they were monitoring and an analyst picked it up,” said King. “One random mention of his name prevented a disastrous attack on the New York City subway system.” Read more
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