US officials: IS losses on battlefield won’t end threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and CIA directors say that despite the group’s loss of territory, Islamic State militants will continue to pose serious national security problems for the United States and Europe.

CIA Director John Brennan said at an intelligence conference Thursday in Washington that many fighters who don’t die on the battlefield will try to return to their home countries, where they could launch IS-inspired attacks READ MORE OF THIS STORY

SOURCES: News Now/ Associated Press