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Greater Information Sharing Required To Counter Diffuse Terrorist Threat, Johnson Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

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Greater Information Sharing Required To Counter Diffuse Terrorist Threat, Johnson Says

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

The terrorist threat facing the nation is becoming more diffuse and in the case of individuals that are self-radicalizing even harder to detect so continuing to improve information sharing within the United States and with its allies is a must, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on Wednesday. Testifying for the first time before a congressional panel as the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Johnson said “we need greater information sharing” and more attention paid to…

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