There are currently 900 “active investigations” pending against “ISIS-inspired operatives and other home-grown violent extremists” across the United States, according to U.S. FBI Director James Comey.
The intelligence director said during the broadcast of a Fox News Sunday special report on the Paris massacre by ISIS last Friday that he has ordered field offices nationwide to intensify surveillance on ISIS suspects.
The investigations into ISIS (Da’esh) suspects are being carried out in all 50 states in the U.S., Comey noted.
The U.S. is also sharing intelligence on ISIS with France in connection with last Friday’s massacre in Paris by the terror group.
For months, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been deeply understaffed in dealing with the massive task of tracking potential terror suspects, he added. The agency is largely dependent on local resources to assist in the effort as a result.
