Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday said that the terrorist attacks in France last week show that attacks against the U.S. are still a threat.
“Although there’s not a specific credible threat that I can point to, I certainly think that the environment has changed over the years. We have decimated core Al Qaeda and I think we have decreased if not eliminated their ability to do the kinds of things that they did on September the 11th,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“On the other hand, when one looks at what happened here in France with a relatively small number of people, when we look at some incidents that have happened in other parts of the world, when we look at what’s happened in the United States, we have a very small number of people, without huge amounts of planning, without huge amounts of resources, inflicting very severe damage,” Holder continued.
But he also said that there is no indication that there will be attacks against the U.S. linked to the attacks in Paris.
“I don’t think that we have any information that would indicate, certainly with regard to the homeland, that there is any ongoing threat or any threat that was activated by what we see so tragically here in France,” he said.
ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked holder if the U.S. is “at war with radical Islam.”
“I certainly think that we are at war with those who would commit terrorist attacks and who would corrupt the Islamic faith in the way that they do, to try to justify their terrorist actions,” Holder responded.
Holder said it’s not yet clear which terrorist group was behind the attacks in Paris.
“At this point, we don’t have any credible information that would allow us to make a determination as to which organization was responsible,” he said.
