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Mon Dec 15, 2014, 12:32 PM Dec 2014

Be Scared, Sheep! Be Very Scared! [View all]

Ex-CIA official: Lone wolf attacks coming to US within 'next year'
By David McCabe

The United States should be prepared for a “lone wolf” terrorist attack within the next year, a former top Central Intelligence Agency official warned Monday.

“What concerns me the most is that we’re going to see this kind of terrorism around the world, and we are going to see it here ... we’re going to see this kind of attack here,” former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell said on “CBS This Morning.”

“We need to be prepared for that. It shouldn’t surprise people when this happens here sometime over the next year or so, guaranteed,” he added.

The former CIA official said that it is hard to prevent lone wolf attacks — where individuals carry out violence without the close direction of a terrorist group — but that intelligence officials could look for chatter about a coming event on social media.

Morrell appeared on "CBS This Morning," as a hostage situation unfolds in Sydney that many have speculated is a terrorist attack.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/227113-ex-cia-official-prepare-for-us-lone-wolf-attack-in-next-year

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