Houses of worship remain a vulnerable target for attacks and foreign entities could be looking to 'sow discord' using the internet, an FBI official warns at a security event.
Houses of worship remain a vulnerable target for attacks and foreign entities could be looking to"sow discord" using the internet, an FBI official warned at a security event with law enforcement officials and faith leaders this week.
"You need to be thinking about this for the next six months. You need to be thinking about this for the next year. What are the consequences of going to conflict with Iran and Hezbollah, those actors of interest here," the official said.The briefing covered a broad range of topics including best practices on how to keep houses of worship safe in an ever-present threat environment.
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced the arrest a Syrian refugee on allegations he wanted to bomb a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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