CIA Chief: US Has Not Underestimated IS

The United States has not underestimated the Islamic State group, CIA Director John Brennan said Monday. Instead, Brennan credited the success of the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts in containing the group inside Iraq and Syria as to why “they are looking abroad” to make attacks. He made the comments while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. While it was “inevitable” that Islamic State militants would try to carry out such attacks,...

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