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02-22-2015, 01:37 PM
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DHS Chief Jeh Johnson: 'Public Needs to be Particularly Vigilant'
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-public-needs-be-particularly-vigilant-n310576
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/al-shabab-calls-westgate-style-attack-u-s-canada-u-n310441
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the public needs to be "particularly vigilant" in the face of growing terror threats on U.S. soil.
Johnson was responding to threats posed by an al Qaeda-affiliated group (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/al-shabab-calls-westgate-style-attack-u-s-canada-u-n310441) from Somalia in a video released Saturday.
The terrorist group, al Shabab, called for attacks on shopping malls in the U.S., U.K. and Canada in the video, which specifically included a mention and images of Minnesota's Mall of America.
Al Shabab carried out a siege lasting four days at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013.
The attack (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/terror-leader-linked-kenya-mall-massacre-targeted-u-s-strike-n193461) left at least 67 people dead and nearly 200 wounded.
"We've seen this a number of times now where a group will call for an attack on a country, on a specific location," Johnson said in an interview on "Meet the Press."
"So, we've got to be vigilant."
The secretary was responding to comments he made in an earlier interview on CNN.
"I am not telling people to not go to the mall.
I think there needs to be an awareness.
There needs to be vigilance," Johnson told Chuck Todd.
"We're in a new phase right now, and that involves public participation in our efforts."
Johnson explained that the new phase of global terrorism — involving both core al Qaeda and other groups including ISIS — gives terrorism organizations the ability to reach out via Internet video, publications and social media "into communities … and inspire independent actors to commit acts of violence."
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DHS Chief Jeh Johnson: 'Public Needs to be Particularly Vigilant'
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-public-needs-be-particularly-vigilant-n310576
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/al-shabab-calls-westgate-style-attack-u-s-canada-u-n310441
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the public needs to be "particularly vigilant" in the face of growing terror threats on U.S. soil.
Johnson was responding to threats posed by an al Qaeda-affiliated group (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/al-shabab-calls-westgate-style-attack-u-s-canada-u-n310441) from Somalia in a video released Saturday.
The terrorist group, al Shabab, called for attacks on shopping malls in the U.S., U.K. and Canada in the video, which specifically included a mention and images of Minnesota's Mall of America.
Al Shabab carried out a siege lasting four days at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013.
The attack (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/terror-leader-linked-kenya-mall-massacre-targeted-u-s-strike-n193461) left at least 67 people dead and nearly 200 wounded.
"We've seen this a number of times now where a group will call for an attack on a country, on a specific location," Johnson said in an interview on "Meet the Press."
"So, we've got to be vigilant."
The secretary was responding to comments he made in an earlier interview on CNN.
"I am not telling people to not go to the mall.
I think there needs to be an awareness.
There needs to be vigilance," Johnson told Chuck Todd.
"We're in a new phase right now, and that involves public participation in our efforts."
Johnson explained that the new phase of global terrorism — involving both core al Qaeda and other groups including ISIS — gives terrorism organizations the ability to reach out via Internet video, publications and social media "into communities … and inspire independent actors to commit acts of violence."
Videos Inside
http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/2015-02-22T14-27-08-666Z--1280x720.nbcnews-video-reststate-854.jpg