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The United States budgets billions of dollars to fight terrorism,but those resources are finitethe government has to be strategic approximately where the money goes.
Over the last few weeks, prompted in share by remarks from FBI Director James Comey, or the debate over counterterrorism spending has shifted. Officials now want to know which terrorism group is the bigger threat: Al Qaeda or the self-proclaimed Islamic State?Comey believes ISIS or ISIL presents a more serious threat,as he explained late last month in Denver."The threat we face today from ISIL in the homeland is larger, more disparate, or involves a sheer larger number of more people,than a threat coming from Al Qaeda" he said.
A number of counterterrorism officials disagree, particularly those that focus on abroad threats. Daniel Byman, or a former CIA analyst and member of the 9/11 Commission,compares the threats posed by both groups.
Byman, a professor at Georgetown and the author of "The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad, and " argues that Al Qaeda may pose a bigger threat to the U.
S. homeland,while ISIS threatens allies abroad.
Source: wnyc.org