and people from these countries have caused terrorist attacks in other nations and what we re doing is not going back and readdressing 911 type threats. we re looking at what happened. terrorism you know evolves. terrorism is also provoked by actions. what you re going to see how you evolve on this as well. i predict that you are going to see a primary challenge. somebody on the republican side that wants to make america safe again because what he is doing is provoking and that is not who we are. and not only that but let me just say one thing about what you raised with president obama. he took an action in response to something. this is not in response to anything. there has been no actual threat
after this happened and going on sketchy reports. i think we ll have to look into exactly when the hoax calls came in when the communications came in. how quickly there was response. again, i would say that ever since 9/11 the response to these type threats has been extremely well coordinated. i d be surprised if there was any gap. all of this has to be looked at carefully, because it could be the terror threat of the near future. these type of hoaxes, and making sure that we you know run them all down to make sure they are hoaxes and also what we do. if anything to prevent this. this can cause tremendous disruption if we have a multitude, these hoaxes coming in especially on a busy flying day such as memorial day. more on isis talking about the fight against the isis terrorists in iraq and syria with congressman peter king after a quick break.
jamaica queens just several months ago. you have the attacks on the canadian parliament. these are at take taxes from individuals within our own countries. so we have to be very concerned about this i give the fbi and nypd tremendous credit. we can t let our guard down and backing down to political correctionness. jamie: i know you re a big believer if you see something say something in this holiday weekend of travel. i well remind people of that for you. your committee what are you doing, what are your plans and how is the funding for counterterrorism operations in this country? actually you know, to give the department of homeland security department credit they actually increased the amount coming to new york and adjacent areas because we are the number one terrorist target but i am concerned in congress when you very seldom here people talking about homeland securities talking about these type threats. part of the problem we get punished being effective. stopping a plot like this
is immune from these type threats and these type attacks. this committee cannot live in denial which is what some of us would do when they suggest that this hearing dilute focus by investigating threats unrelated to al qaeda. the department of homeland security and this committee was formed in response to the al qaeda attacks of september 11th. there is no equivalency of threat between al qaeda and neonazis, environmental extremists, or other isolated mad men. only al qaeda and islamist affiliates in this country are a part of an international threat to our nation. indeed, by the justice department s own record, not one terror related case in the last two years involved neonazis and environmental extremists or militia or anti-war groups. i have repeatedly said the overwhelming majority of muslim americans are outstanding
attorney general defended the fbi s sting operation against mohamed mohamed who attempted a ter r terror attack during a christmas tree lighting in portland the attorney general saying he made no apologies for this operation, quote said the attorney general, those who characterize the fbi s activities as entrapment simply do not have their facts straight, end of quote. one month ago, sitting right there, secretary napolatano testified before this committee and said the threat level today is as high as it has been since september 11th because of increased radicalization in our country. i would ask the audience and committee just notice this chart over here, just in the last two years alone, these are terror plots which have been blocked by our government. virtually every part of the united states is affected by this. it affects the entire nation. those in the northeast perhaps have more threats but the fact is we found out no one is immune from these type threats, these