What's the hot national security phrase of this week? Seems to be 'potential threat'

in the news | September 05, 2014

Foreign Policy

David Sterman:

Matthew Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, repeatedly used one phrase to describe the likelihood of Islamic State attacks in the United States: "potential threat."

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