The organization's core elements still plot and make preparations for terrorist strikes against the homeland and other targets from bases in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.

specific directions for terrorist attacks continue to be issued from terrorist groups based in Syria.

[The] former regime elements ... seem to have very good operational secrecy, ... And thus far it's not been that easy to make a dent in that part of the insurgency.

Securing our homeland is one of the most important things we do here in Congress, ... (The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks) taught us that we need to tighten our security across the board. The new Northern Border Air Base will go far in sealing up our Canadian border, and that's an important mission.

These are clearly terrorist attacks because the targets were random and public places,

The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets.