FBI Counter-Terrorism Expert Bob Holley talks about security in Chicago | abc7chicago.com: "August 24, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The man who leads the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in Chicago is talking about threats to safety and security.
Dozens of federal agents and local police work side by side pursuing people they believe have ties to terrorism in the Chicago area. They say they are finding a new threat is emerging as they continue their fight against terrorism.
In the last 18 months, 34 Americans from around the country have been charged with having ties to terrorism. Analysts call it an unprecedented spike.
ABC7 talked to the man whose job it is to intercept those intent on terrorism before they can commit an act.
'The thing that scares me the most is the lone wolf. The one guy we do not know about,' said Bob Holley, FBI Chicago, Counter-Terrorism.
The people that worry those in the business of counter-terrorism the most can be found sitting at a computer; those in this country, rejected by others, dejected about the American way of life and susceptible to recruitment via the internet.
'We call 'em lone wolves. That individual who is not on our radar that is not connected to any of the known individuals we may be looking at but he's inspired by al-Qaeda or any of these other terror groups,' said Holley.
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