The threat environment in the United States is climbing steadily, as evidenced by last week’s attack in New Orleans, Rep. Michael McCaul warned Sunday. 

“When I chaired the Homeland Security Committee, we had a lot of external operations like explosives on airplanes,” the Texas Republican said on ABC News’ “This Week.” “Then it morphed into radicalization on the internet.”

There is a particular concern about New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Army veteran who drove a pickup truck through a crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street early New Year’s Day, and revelations about his travels in 2023 to Egypt and Canada, said McCaul. 

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