Americans are warned a terror attack is likely after 'enormous' surge in threats and sinister plots nationwide being thwarted | 4 June 2024 | The threat of a terrorist attack within the U.S. has risen "enormously" in the past months warn top law enforcement officials. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the astonishing admission while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during a hearing dedicated to investigating the department's politicization. "I am worried about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the country after October 7," Attorney General Garland said. "The threat level for us has gone up enormously." FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaking to a different committee on the other side of Capitol Hill in the Senate, agreed, saying "we have seen the threat from foreign terrorists rise to a whole other level" after the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack.