Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
FBI Director James Comey said it’s impossible to gauge how many Americans are joining Islamic insurgents in Syria but emphasized that the threat is urgent, the Associated Press reports.
Comey said he’s concerned about what he called “lone wolves,” or people who are connecting online with others interested in jihad.
Those people are hard to track, said Comey, who originally estimated about 100 people have made the trip to Syria or at least tried to.
“When I give you the number of more than 100, I can’t tell you with high confidence that’s a 100 of 200, that’s a 100 of 500, that’s a 100 of a 1,000 or more, because it’s so hard to track,” Comey said.
The FBI has made several arrests in connection with terrorism in Syria.
