WASHINGTON — The United States faces a "persistent and evolving terrorist threat" within America's borders in the next three years, reads the latest National Intelligence Estimate released Tuesday.
The document, a product of three years of work among the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, says Islamic terrorist groups, especially Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network as well as Iranian-backed Hezbollah and even some smaller non-Muslim groups, are driven by a desire to attack the United States and continue to adapt and improve their capabilities.
The intelligence assessment says increased counterterrorism efforts worldwide over the past five years have curtailed Al Qaeda's ability to attack the United States, but have increased the terror group's desire to hit the homeland.
The focus of terrorist groups remains on high-impact, high-casualty attacks in the U.S. rather than smaller actions, which the NIE suggests means the terror groups are just biding their time.
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