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FBI Director Emphasizes Counter-Terrorism


fbiA week after a Rochester man was charged with supporting Islamic terrorists, FBI Director James Comey says counter-terrorism remains the bureau’s top priority but threats in the Internet age range from al-Qaeda offshoots to the angry loner downloading bomb designs.

Comey, visiting the FBI’s Albany Field Office, met Tuesday with his agents and local authorities. He said afterward that finding the next threat will likely depend on someone who notices something amiss and speaks up.

The former federal prosecutor says the threat someplace like Albany is less than New York City or national monuments, though the concern shouldn’t be dismissed anywhere with many people.

He says they’re tracking more than 100 people who left the U.S. for Syrian territory controlled by Islamic terrorists, returned or tried to go.

(AP)



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