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The Department of Homeland Security聽聽of a 鈥渉eightened threat environment鈥� following聽 and the deputy FBI director says the bureau鈥檚 鈥渁ssets are fully engaged鈥� to prevent retaliatory violence, while local law enforcement agencies in major cities like New York say they鈥檙e on high alert.

Former Washington Governor Gary Locke there is a threat of America being attacked by terrorists.

“All it takes is just one person who is a jihadist and who believes in the cause,” Locke said.

He warned the war could be brought to the U.S.

“Terrorism is not just in the Middle East. People, suicide bombers, things like that, coming close to where American personnel congregate,” Locke said, according to 成人X站 7.

However, Locke, who served as Commerce Secretary and U.S. Ambassador to China under President Obama, cautions Americans not to turn their fears on Iranian-Americans.

Potential terrorism threats linked to Iran

No credible threats to the homeland have surfaced publicly in the days since the stealth American attack. It’s also unclear what bearing a potential聽聽by the U.S. between Israel and Iran might have on potential threats or how lasting such an arrangement might be.

But the potential for reprisal is no idle concern given the steps Iran is accused of having taken in recent years to target political figures on U.S. soil. Iranian-backed hackers have also launched cyberattacks against U.S. targets in recent years.

The U.S. has alleged that Iran’s most common tactic over the past decade, rather than planning mass violence, has been murder-for-hire plots in which government officials recruit operatives 鈥� including reputed Russian mobsters and other non-Iranians鈥攖o kill public officials and dissidents. The plots, which Tehran has repeatedly denied engineering, have been consistently stymied and exposed by the FBI and Justice Department.

鈥淵ou run into this problem that it’s not like there’s this one sleeper cell that’s connected directly to command central in Iran. There’s a lot of cut-outs and middlemen,鈥� said Ilan Berman, a senior vice president of the Washington-based American Foreign Policy Council. 鈥淭he competence erodes three layers down.鈥�

Whether Iran intends to resort to that familiar method or has the capacity or ambition to successfully carry off a large-scale attack is unclear, but the government may feel a need to demonstrate to its people that it has not surrendered, said Jon Alterman, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

鈥淭he capability to execute successfully is different from the capability to try,” he said. 鈥淪howing you’re not afraid to do this may be 90% part of the goal.鈥�

On Sunday, hours after the attack, FBI and DHS officials convened a call with local law enforcement to update them on the threat landscape, said Michael Masters, who participated in it as founding director of Secure Community Network, a Jewish security organization that tracks Iranian threats.

The DHS bulletin released over the weekend warned that several foreign terror organizations have called for violence against U.S. assets and personnel in the Middle East. It also warned of an increased likelihood that a 鈥渟upporter of the Iranian regime is inspired to commit an act of violence in the Homeland.鈥�

鈥淭he amount of material that we鈥檙e tracking online is at such a fever pitch at the moment,鈥� Masters said.

Contributing: ; Frank Lenzi, 成人X站 Newsradio;