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![]() Scott Pelley: The name "lone wolf" offends you. And so they come across the propaganda and they become radicalized on their own, sort of independent study, and they're also able to equip themselves with training again through the Internet, and then engage in jihad after emerging from their basement. These homegrown violent extremists are troubled souls, who are seeking meaning in some misguided way. James Comey: Yeah, people who use that term, it's not one I like because it conveys a sense of dignity I don't think they deserve. Scott Pelley: Some people call individuals who are radicalized "lone wolves." Is that the biggest threat we face? But the FBI is investigating whether the murder was an imitation of ISIL's beheadings. He was allegedly upset about being suspended. Police say a man who'd tried to convert fellow employees to Islam, beheaded a woman in his workplace. Those terrorist training efforts online appeared to play out, the day before our interview, in Oklahoma. We are better in every way that you'd want us to be since 9/11." "We are better organized, better systems, better equipment, smarter deployment. ISIL is as sophisticated, maybe more than any of the others in its media presence and its recruiting and training efforts online. These are people who have thought about bringing terrorism on a global scale. They are experienced terrorists, experienced bomb-makers, experienced killers, experienced planners with an international eye. James Comey: Let's stay with the Nusra group first. They are both vicious, sort of the inheritors of a lot of the mantle of al Qaeda and present different threats in a lot of ways. ![]() And so you have two in particular in that area, a group called al-Nusra and then ISIL. James Comey: They're a product of what I describe as the metastasis of al Qaeda. Scott Pelley: How would you describe the terrorist networks in Syria as they exist right now? And so we have to act as if it's coming tomorrow. Given our visibility we know they're serious people, bent on destruction. I can't sit here and tell you whether it's their plan is tomorrow or three weeks or three months from now. James Comey: Khorasan was working and may still be working on an effort to attack the United States or our allies, and looking to do it very, very soon. Scott Pelley: Was Khorasan about to attack the United States? is bombing ISIL and an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria called Khorasan. "ISIL" is the acronym he uses for the Islamic extremist group occupying much of Syria and Iraq. So someone who's fought with ISIL, with American passport wants to come back, we will track them very carefully. James Comey: Ultimately, an American citizen, unless their passport's revoked, is entitled to come back.
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