CBS News reported Tuesday evening that they have reviewed a new intelligence report indicating that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda will likely "increase calls for violence" in the U.S. over the holiday season and try to fire up their terrorist followers over the Israel Hamas war.
The bulletin, a joint effort from the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice as well as local, state, and federal law enforcement, further cautions that the most likely "primary targets" would likely include churches, synagogues, and Jewish people.
While terror threats usually increase during the holiday season, the report predicts that this year will be worse than normal. Watch:
As RedState's Susie Moore reported earlier Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared on Capitol Hill and testified that the threat level was at "an all-time high." The new report only bolsters than claim:
"I've never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated, all at exactly the same time," Wray told Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
"So, blinking red lights analogy about 9/11 — all the lights were blinking red before 9/11, apparently," Graham replied. "Obviously, all of us missed it. Would you say there's multiple blinking red lights out there?" he asked.
"I see blinking red lights everywhere," Wray answered.
Indeed, Las Vegas police said Friday that they thwarted a potential terror attack by a 16-year-old who had converted to Islam. He made terroristic threats online; police were able to track him down and found bomb-making equipment in his home. They also found a lot of other disturbing things:
Additionally, police found terrorism propaganda, a handmade ISIS flag, a headband and patches. Evidence also included ISIS and Al-Qaida propaganda, radicalization materials, and guidance for conducting a terrorist attack, investigators said. Police also found self-portraits of the suspect wearing the material and surrounded by propaganda, self-produced terrorism propaganda and anti-Semitic threats.
The intel report further warned that the death tolls reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health will inflame terrorists. As we've reported, the numbers are not to be trusted because Hamas controls the ministry, and they are proven liars.
With the spike in threats since the war began, the intelligence report warns civilian casualties in Gaza, "whether real, perceived or falsified," and the "increased presence of U.S. military forces in direct support of Israel" will likely be exploited by terrorist groups.
There is no specific or credible threat, and Wray testified there's nothing to indicate Hamas has the intent or capability to conduct operations inside the U.S., but Wray added the Bureau has not discounted the possibility.
As the war in the Middle East rages on, violence here in the U.S. unfortunately becomes more and more likely. We know that terrorists are exploiting our porous southern border, and it is assured that they're coming with bad intent. Let's just pray that, like the Las Vegas police, authorities catch them before serious harm can be done.