The heightened security that surrounded the Fourth of July weekend in the U.S. is “the new normal” because of the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News contributor Michael Morell said on “Face the Nation” Sunday.
Morell, the former deputy director of the CIA, said that officials were on alert for three reasons over the holiday weekend: The large number of Americans who have been radicalized by ISIS; the group’s call to arms during the month of Ramadan, which goes from mid June to mid July; and the symbolic importance of the July 4rth holiday in the U.S.
“Two of those remain after this weekend, till mid July, and one will remain for the foreseeable future, so I do think this is the new normal,” Morell said.
He said ISIS poses a bigger threat to the U.S. in terms of its size and social media reach.
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