U.S. Spy Chief Sees Top Terror Risks From Yemen, Iraq—Not Afghanistan
- Haines says intelligence-gathering is diminished in country
- She says Afghanistan ‘has been gut-wrenching’ for agencies
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The greatest threat to the U.S. from international terrorists comes from nations such as Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq, with Afghanistan further down the priority list after the two-decade American troop presence ended, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said.
Although U.S. intelligence officials are closely watching whether terrorist groups re-emerge inside Afghanistan, the country is no longer the prime concern when it comes to harboring terrorists who could carry out an attack inside America, Haines said Monday at a national security conference in the Washington suburbs.