(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, April 23 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly stressed Sunday that there are "so many aspects" of terrorists, such as the homegrown ones and ones across the border.
In an interview of CBS network, Kelly said "there are so many aspects of this terrorist thing. Obviously, you have the homegrown terrorists. I don't know how to stop that. I don't know how to detect that." He added there is also "other terrorist threats that come across the border... There are so many threats that come in from across border," saying "it's essential absolutely to control one's border.
"The other thing that keeps me literally awake at night is the threat against aviation. We know that would be the Super Bowl for the terrorists to knock down an airplane in flight, particularly if it was full of Americans," Kelly stressed.
He affirmed that measures have been taken overseas to reduce that threat "but it's something I watch every day, ask four or five times a day, because there are a number of plots that we're watching very, very closely. They're very sophisticated. They're very threatening. And the number one thing in my mind is to protect the American people. So, we will do that." On North Korea, Kelly said, "So long as North Korea is on the other side of the world without a missile and a nuclear weapon to deliver against the United States, they're not much threat right now, except in the world of cyber. They're pretty aggressive when they want to be in cyber." He added, "The instant they get a missile that can reach the United States, and they have a weaponized atomic device, nuclear device on it, we're at grave risk as a nation". (end) si.hb
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