Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen highlights terror, cyber threats

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen highlights terror, cyber threats

Secretary Nielsen said "Islamist militants" are the biggest terror threat.

By Quinn Owen Mar 18, 2019 3:01 PM ET

The biggest threat to the United States remains "Islamist militants" and their followers, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Monday.

At an annual address on the state of homeland security, Nielsen also pointed to homegrown terrorism and state-sponsored hackers. She said her agency is working with the State Department to put countries on notice when they don’t meet new "more stringent" requirements "to crack down on terrorist travel."

"Governments who work with us will make the world safer from extremists, while those that fail to comply will face consequences," she said.

The remarks come after a self-described white supremacist allegedly killed 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand.

"We will not permit such hate in our homeland," Nielsen said Monday.

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[Blues Heron]

1. Got to milk the dregs of 9/11 for all its worth.

How much mileage have they gotten out of the 2001 terror attacks? almost 2 decades ago and these fuckwits can't leave it alone.

the biggest threat to the US is the free and nearly unfettered access to high powered firearms. We're having a shooting every day and she's prattling on about Islam? WTF

[sinkingfeeling]

2. No, it's her administration tearing the country to pieces.