Trump Inauguration Security on Alert for Lone-Wolf Terrorism
- Homeland Security chief sees no specific or credible threat
- Crowds forecast at up to 900,000 people, half of 2009 level
Temporary communications towers at the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, as preparations continue for inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Photographer: Alex Brandon/APU.S. law enforcement is focusing on the potential for “lone-wolf” terrorist attacks during the presidential inauguration and associated events, including the possibility assailants may try to use vehicles to plow into crowds, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.
"We have to be concerned about individual acts of violent extremism and those who self-radicalize," Johnson told reporters Friday at a security center in the suburbs of Washington that will serve as the hub for more than 40 federal, state and local agencies to coordinate their inauguration efforts. "We’ll be on guard for those threats."