Threat of Another Terrorist Attack ‘Is Higher Now’ Than in Months Before 9/11, Expert Says

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

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It was 23 years ago Wednesday that terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airline flights, turned the planes into weapons, crashed them into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, and in the process killed nearly 3,000 people. Today, America is at risk of another equally as deadly terrorist attack, a national security expert says. The threat of another 9/11-type terrorist attack on America “is higher now than it was in the months and years preceding 9/11 for a couple of reasons,” says Robert Greenway, director of the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. First, Greenway says the terrorist threat level against the U.S. is high because of “our posture abroad, our approach to our adversaries, … [and] our neglected military capacity and capability and focus.” But America’s greatest vulnerability to another terrorist attack, he says, is “the fact that we've invited terrorist organizations to exploit our open borders, and now they are really hiding within our own population and enjoying the benefits and concealing themselves in their activities inside of our own borders.” Greenway deployed in support of Operation Relentless Pursuit and Operation Enduring Freedom in October 2001 in the war on terrorism. He also served as a senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and then on the National Security Council. Listen to our interview with Greenway marking the anniversary of 9/11 on today’s edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast."

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0:00.0	This is the Daily School Podcast for Wednesday, September 11th. I'm Fris Today marks the 23rd anniversary of 9-11. Nearly 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the terrorist attack,
0:20.0	while two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City, another into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
0:27.0	And a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
0:30.0	Robert Greenway was deployed in support of Operation Relentless Pursuit and Enduring Freedom 1 in October of 2001 in response to the terrorist attack on 9-11.
0:44.0	Greenway went on to serve later on the National Security Council
0:48.0	and as a senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
0:52.0	He currently serves as the Director of the
0:54.3	Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation. And he joins us on the
0:59.2	show today to explain what the atmosphere was like within the US military in the weeks and months after
1:05.6	September 11th.
1:07.1	He also assesses the current threat level that America faces and warns that the. is at risk of another 9-11.
1:15.8	Stay tuned for my conversation with Robert Greenway right after this. This is Rob Lewy from The Daily Signal. In today's media landscape, it's more important than ever to have a trusted source of news and conservative commentary. That's why we are asking for your support.
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1:54.8	voice for the truth. It is my honor to have back with us today Robert Greenway
2:01.0	he serves as the director for the Allison Center for National
2:04.1	Security here at the Heritage Foundation and also previously served on the
2:08.5	National Security Council as the Senior Intelligence Officer at the Defense
2:12.4	Intelligence Agency.
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