NEW: "Lone actors whether they're homegrown violent extremists or domestic violent extremists is a real threat, because a) it's so pervasive" @FBI Dir Christoper Wray tells lawmakers "But b) because ... it makes it that much harder for us to get in front of it"
"What we desperately need is more & more situations where members of the public who know that person, who see the transformation, who see things starting to change...those people to speak up" per @FBI's Wray
"The good news, if there's any good news in this, is that we are seeing that more & more in this country" per @FBI's Wray "We've had lots of people, as heartbreaking as it must be, turn in family members when they see this transformation"
"They know that having us or our partners intercede may not only prevent that person from committing an attack against an innocent American, but also may, in some instances, result in that person being off-ramped to get help" per @FBI's Wray
.@FBI's Wray: "What we view as the most dangerous threat to Americans today is largely lone actors, some cases small cells if you will, radicalized online, already here in the #UnitedStates, attacking soft targets using crude, readily accessible weapons..."
"...motivated either by jihadist inspirations or by a variety of domestic inspirations" per @FBI's Wray
"That bucket, which have a lot in common with each other, is the greatest terrorist threat"
"That bucket, which have a lot in common with each other, is the greatest terrorist threat"
Intel on possibility for violence on Jan 6 - "I don't know that we had assessed its credibility" per @FBI Dir Christopher Wray "We certainly had information that was concerning about the potential for violence"
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