CIA chief warns of attack in US

The ISIS may carry out large-scale attacks in the US similar to the one in Istanbul, CIA director John Brennan has warned.

The despicable attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport that killed dozens and injured several certainly bears the “hallmarks” of the ISIS’ depravity, Mr Brennan said here on Wednesday.

“We’ve seen ISIL (Islamic State) carry out and incite an array of terrorist attacks in the region, directly, indirectly and I would be surprised that ISIL is not considering carrying out these attacks in the near abroad as well as the far abroad,” he said.

“And the United States, as we well know, is leading the coalition to try to destroy as much of this poison, inside of Syria and Iraq, as possible. So it would be surprising to me that ISIL is not trying to hit us, both in the region as well as in our homeland,” Mr Brennan said while to replying to a question at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a top American think-tank. Meanwhile, he also said the US should pay attention to what China is doing on a number of fronts.