FBI says it disrupted activities of dozens of potential ISIS recruits
US counter-terrorism agents have tracked down dozens of potential Daesh (ISIL) recruits around the US, disrupting their terrorist plots, claims the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Speaking to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday, FBI Director James Comey said FBI agents were working full time during the summer, trying to foil potential threats coming from Daesh proxies in the US, Reuters reported Friday.
He added that US investigators were aware of numerous US-based militant suspects who, according to him, used encrypted communications.
The security official further maintained that recruits were becoming younger, and more women under 18 were seeking to join the Takfiri group.
Comey also referred to the group’s widespread use of social media for recruitment purposes and mastery of technical skills to hide away their tracks on the Internet, giving their recruits the opportunity to safely consider their offers without fear of getting in trouble.
“When they find a live one, they will move them off Twitter, and move them to an end-to-end encrypted messaging app,” Comey noted. He said to read such encrypted message traffic, the FBI would need a court order.
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