Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union that terrorism is up worldwide and the U.S. needs to continue to focus on combatting these threats.
CNN’s Candy Crowley asked Feinstein and Rogers "Are we safer now than we were a year ago, two years ago?"
"I don’t think so," Feinstein replied. "I think terror is up worldwide, the statistics indicate that. The fatalities are way up. The numbers are way up. There are new bombs, very big bombs. Trucks being reinforced for those bombs. There are bombs that go through magnetometers. The bomb maker is still alive. There are more groups than ever. And there is huge malevolence out there."
Following Feinstein’s remarks Rogers said he agreed with her sentiment.
"I absolutely agree that we’re not safer today for the same very reasons," he said. "So the pressure on our intelligence services to get it right to prevent an attack are enormous. And it’s getting more difficult."
