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Serving as Director of the FBI for the past seven years has given me unparalleled insight into the threats to our country’s security. public safety and national security. In my view, these threats are more dangerous and complex than any time I can remember since I began my career in law enforcement nearly 30 years ago.
Our adversaries—whether violent gangs, child predators, cartels, hackers, hostile nation-states, or terrorists—are more emboldened, better-resourced, more tech-savvy, and more ruthless than ever. With the press of a key, a foreign hacker can shut down a hospital or take our critical infrastructure offline. A would-be terrorist can communicate with conspirators abroad through encrypted apps to secretly plan an attack on American soil. Cartels can make tons of deadly drugs with never-before-seen potency using chemicals purchased half a world away.
He terrorist threat is elevated across the board. Foreign terrorist organizations have been inspired by the horrific Hamas attacks on October 7 to plan coordinated attacks here in our country, while violent extremists inspired by a variety of ideologies and grievances are moving faster than ever and leaving fewer points for researchers to connect and even less time to connect them.
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The tragedy in New Orleans on New Year’s Day is a recent illustration of the danger posed by radicalized individuals online who use easily accessible weapons to go after soft targets (ordinary people going about their daily lives), making make the terrorist threat even more difficult to detect, investigate and disrupt.
Foreign adversaries like China, Russia, and Iran are not only stealing government secrets, they are directly targeting the American people and going after the things we trust most. Hostile nation-states are stealing Americans’ personal data on a staggering scale, carrying out widespread thefts from businesses large and small, exporting their own brands of repression to our shores, and engaging in bold cyber operations targeting our critical infrastructure. The Chinese government, in particular, has engineered an unprecedented effort to destroy American innovation, steal our most precious personal data, and intrude into our free and open society. History will mark this as the defining threat of our generation.
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Beyond terrorism and threats from nation-states, violent crime, which has reached alarming levels in recent years, still affects too many communities. Cartels are flooding our country with fentanyl and other deadly drugs that claim countless American lives each year. And child predators lurk in the dark corners of the Internet, targeting the innocent and vulnerable.
From my seat, I see serious adult threats that demand serious adult attention. But I’ve also seen something else in the last seven years: the inspiring men and women of the FBIwho address these threats every day with passion, skill, and a fierce commitment to public service and the rule of law. I have seen up close the work they are doing alongside our brothers and sisters in state and local law enforcement and across government in record numbers to keep our communities safe.
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Over the past few years, working together, the FBI and our partners have arrested nearly 50 violent criminals a day, every day. They have rescued hundreds of children from their tormentors and put hundreds of predators behind bars. They have dismantled hundreds of gangs terrorizing neighborhoods across the country and seized enough fentanyl to kill nearly 80 percent of all Americans. They have innovated to address emerging threats by leading the fight against cybercriminals, saving victims around the world nearly $800 million in ransom payments. And they have remained vigilant against the ever-present threat of terrorism, thwarting attacks on houses of worship in Las Vegas, Long Beach and Pittsburgh, a crowded pier in san franciscoa 4th of July parade in Cleveland and many other communities across the country. I couldn’t be more proud of the work they have done and the sacrifices they have made to keep us all safe.
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Still, this is no time for complacency or distraction. Looking ahead, the challenges to our security will become even more daunting and our margin for error will continue to shrink. America’s adversaries will continue to try to exploit our country’s divisions to escalate their efforts against us. But we must focus on the threats and our work, rather than what divides us. We must continue to confront the dangers facing our country with objectivity, rigor and professionalism. It is what the American people expect and deserve.
I know that the men and women of the FBI, working alongside our partners, are up to the task. But I also know that our future security depends on the The FBI is at its best. The FBI needs the resources to match what our adversaries are throwing at us and the public’s continued support for its essential work. The stakes could not be higher. We simply cannot afford to lose focus or be unprepared.
