McCaul: U.S. needs updated counterterrorism strategy

Published September 20, 2016 9:18pm ET



House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, released a new counterterrorism strategy Tuesday that he said would update U.S. plans that currently don’t reflect the nature of online and other technical threats to the United States.

“The idea of high jacking airplanes in a spectacular event is probably not a likely scenario any more. What is more likely is an active shooter, is an IED going off, or a suicide bomber,” he said during an event at the American Enterprise Institute.

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