"House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called it unusual Sunday for the FBI to make public statements on terrorist groups calling for attacks on the United States.
Why it matters: The U.S. continues to see heightened threats of violence, and FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned of "violent extremists" in the U.S. and abroad drawing inspiration from Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
What he's saying: "This is very ... unusual for the FBI director to so publicly make these statements, Turner said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday when asked about Wray's comments.
"It certainly shows the extent to which these threats are troubling the director," Turner said.
Turner noted how Wray cited the U.S.' "chaotic withdrawal" of Afghanistan and people believed on the U.S. terror watch list who crossed the border when the director had indicated the unprecedented increase in terrorist threats to the U.S."
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