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US must not become complacent to a growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says

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Brett Holmgren is the outgoing acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center .

He cites multiple factors for why the threat is higher than before, including passions arising from the Israel -Hamas war.

The NCTC emerged in the aftermath of 9/11 as a centralized U.S. government hub to collect and analyze data and intelligence.

He says the most potent overseas threat facing the United States is the Islamic State-Khorasan.

"This symbolizes exactly the type of attack that we’ve warned about for some time," Holmgren says.

The risk of another large-scale attack like Sept. 11 is lower than it's ever been, he says.

"If we get complacent as a country,” he warns, “it will come back to bite us”.

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78

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formal

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English

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60

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