FBI director says US is facing highest risk of attack in YEARS: Chris Wray says there are ‘blinking lights everywhere’ and warns terrorists will ‘exploit’ the southern border

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that the United States faced the highest risk of a terrorist attack in years following the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities in Israel.

Wray warned the Senate Judiciary Committee that “red lights are flashing everywhere” when asked to assess the “threat matrix” facing the US.

“Since October 7, the threat level has moved to a completely different level,” Ray said.

His comments come as U.S. forces are under a barrage of attacks in the Middle East and Jewish and Muslim communities are under attack domestically.

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that the United States faced the highest risk of terrorist attack in years following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel.

Since October 17, there have been at least 74 attacks on US bases and troops.

The bureau is “moving quickly” to stop threats against Jews and Muslims across the country, he insisted, and gave his grim analysis of the situation at the border.

He said enough fentanyl was pouring out of Mexico to kill every American and acknowledged he was “concerned” that migrant crossings were increasing terrorism risks.

Wray warned that “violent extremists” in the US and abroad could take inspiration from the Hamas attack, and the FBI is “working around the clock” to stop these potential attacks.

He said: “I would say that what is unique about the environment we find ourselves in now, in my career, is that while there may have been times over the years when individual threats may have been higher here or there than Where they may be right now, I’ve never seen a time when all the threats or so many threats were elevated, all at the same time.”

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham asked him: “So, the flashing red lights analogy about 9/11—obviously all the lights were flashing red before 9/11.

“Obviously we missed it all. Can you tell there are some flashing red lights?

Ray responded, “I see red lights flashing everywhere.”

He said the US faced threats from a gallery of “real bad guys” of terrorists.

Wray used the hearing to make a new proposal to restart the key spy program and said ending it would be “devastating.”

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires at the end of the year.

This allows the US government to collect communications from targeted foreigners outside America without a warrant.

The program was created after September. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and will end at the end of this month unless Congress votes to reauthorize it.

However, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers objected to its extension.

Ray said, “702 allows us to stay one step ahead of foreign players outside the United States who pose a threat to national security.

“And the expiration of our 702 authority would be devastating to the FBI’s ability to protect Americans from these threats.”