U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is warning the terrorist threat to the United States may be at its most serious level since the 9/11 attacks. Speaking before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Napolitano cited the recruiting of U.S. citizens and others in Western countries to carry out attacks.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano: “The threat today may be at its most heightened state since the attacks nearly 10 years ago. In addition to the core al-Qaeda group, which still represents a threat to the United States despite its diminished capabilities, we now face threats from a number of al-Qaeda associates that share its violent extremist ideology.”