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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., released an updated version of its Terror Threat Snapshot assessment, highlighting the threats posed by homegrown extremists inspired by foreign jihadist networks like ISIS in America and around the world. The report comes just under a month after the Jan. 1 attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, which resulted in the death of 14 civilians.
According to the report, foreign terrorist organizations and jihadist networks are “emboldened” by the national security blunders of the past four years. The report details over 50 jihadist cases across 30 states between April 2021 and January 2025, including attempts to provide material support to ISIS, al Qaeda, and Hizballah, as well as receiving military training and vehicle ramming attacks.
The report highlights the need for increased security measures to prevent mass casualty incidents. The city of New Orleans had indicated a plan to install new bollards on Bourbon Street to prevent vehicle-ramming attacks, but these measures were not implemented in time.
The FBI is still investigating the attack and has confirmed that the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was motivated by ISIS extremism. The agency has also identified his travels to New Orleans, Cairo, Egypt, and Toronto, Canada, in the months leading up to the attack. The FBI is still investigating whether Jabbar had any accomplices.
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, noted that the report concludes that “Americans have been the target of terror at public celebrations, and ISIS and al Qaeda are emboldened in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia.” He added that “there is immense work to do to correct course and bolster our homeland security. That work begins now.”