House Homeland Security Chairman McCaul releases Terror Threat Snapshot

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released this week the latest Terror Threat Snapshot, which assesses efforts highlighting growing threats to America, the West, and the world.

The report included details of the Nov. 1 deportation of Dias Muratovich Kadyrbayev, 24, a citizen of Kazakhstan, by ICE officials following his release from prison for his role in the Boston Bombings. Kadyrbayev was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice for removing and disposing of incriminatory items from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room. On Nov. 7, 2018, Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah, 41, of Syria, was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiring to destroy U.S. property using an explosive device, and conspiracy to possess a destructive device. On Nov. 13, 2018, Amor M. Ftouhi, 51, of Quebec, Canada, was found guilty of three separate charges, including terrorism transcending national boundaries, after traveling from Canada to America in June 2017 and attacking a police officer at an airport in Flint, Michigan.

The report also noted that the Department of State designated Jawad Nasrallah, the son of Hezbollah’s leader; Hajji ‘Abd al-Nasir, a senior member of ISIS; and Al-Mujahidin Brigades, a military organization operating in Palestine, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The designation imposes sanctions on them, blocks all property and interests subject to American jurisdiction and prohibits U.S. entities from engaging in business.