New Jersey FBI Director Warns Of Homegrown Terror Threat

New Jersey’s new FBI director warned Friday the homegrown terror threat is an ongoing concern and that his agents are currently tracking numerous extremists in the tri-state area who are potential security threats. “There are individuals that we are very concerned about that are engaged in activities that are criminal and potentially threaten the homeland,” said Weysan Dun, Newark’s FBI Director. “We are very aggressively working to monitor these individuals to develop the intelligence and certainly when we can develop a prosecutable case to take effective law enforcement action.”

Dun said he worries six years after the 9/11 attacks that the public is growing weary and “complacent” about the ongoing terror threat. But he stressed there are no new specific plots or threat information for the New York and New Jersey regions.

Dun is a 25-year FBI veteran who had been running the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois division.

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