Threats to America: FBI Assessment

On Thursday, January 11, 2007, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the FBI joined leaders from the intelligence community before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill to present the most serious threats facing the United States.

The sobering assessment from the FBI includes:

• International Terrorism in General
• Al Qaeda
• Homegrown International Terrorism
• Threats from International Terrorist Groups
• Domestic Terrorism
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Foreign Intelligence and Espionage
• Cyber Security Threats

Director Mueller stressed the importance of collaboration with leaders in intelligence, law enforcement, military and diplomatic circles in the global war on terrorism.

Read FBI Director Mueller's Statement