FBI Chief Worried About Threat of Moscow Concert Hall-Style Rampage in U.S.

The FBI is growing increasingly worried about a “coordinated attack” in the U.S. similar to the recent massacre in Russia at a Moscow concert hall, the bureau’s director warned Congress on Thursday.

Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, Christopher Wray encouraged lawmakers to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the U.S. government to spy on foreigners overseas. “As I look back over my career in law enforcement, I would be hard-pressed to think of a time where so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once,” he said.

Wray went on to explain how the situation had intensified in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, as a “rogue’s gallery of foreign terrorist organizations” have called for attacks against the U.S. and its allies.

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