Europe serves as a "launching pad" for ISIS jihadists to initiate attacks against the United States due to the absence of a cohesive information-sharing strategy among Western nations, former acting CIA director John McLaughlin said Wednesday.
McLaughlin, a 30-year CIA employee who served as acting director under the George W. Bush administration, warned that the absence of effective coordination between European intelligence agencies exposes the United States to greater risk of attack.
Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, McLaughlin said the Trump administration must work with European allies to establish an intelligence-sharing platform that coordinates Europe's extensive network of security services.
McLaughlin cautioned that the flood of foreign fighters returning to Europe could have a spillover effect in the United States because the region's security services are already "stretched to the limit." The influx is concerning because European passport holders are subjected to less scrutiny than others during entry into the United States.
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2 comments:
As if we didn't already figure this one out...
Once again, a (third) world war will break out with Germany at the center of it. The USA will have to bail out the extremely stupid Europeans yet again. They are so holier-than-thou and look down on us, but they continually elect and support the worst possible political leaders. Merkel's stupidity will go down in history as having as bad an effect on Germany as Hitler's evil did.
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