CSPAN3 Conference On Counterterrorism With Representative Michael McCaul September 12, 2017
Five times as many attacks in 2001. Weve been very effective in disrupting terrorist groups, but theyve been seemingly as good at recruiting fighters as we are at taking them off the table. The u. S. Government estimates that the current fighting force of roughly 15,000 fighters is only slightly less than isis maintained in 2014. Its the persistence of this threat that has motivated us to undertake this new initiative. The task force on terrorism and ideology. And weve brought together experts to assess the role of ideology in terrorism. And the report were releasing today, contains the task f...