21 years after the September 11 attacks, experts say that domestic terrorism is a greater threat to homeland security.
Twenty-one years ago, al-Qaeda used commercial airliners to carry out coordinated terrorist attacks against the U-S.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed. In response to the September 11 attacks, the U.S. initiated the Global War on Terror.As America marked this somber anniversary, ABC7 Chicago discussed the threats Americans face today with Tom Brady, the associate dean of the public services division and director of the Homeland Security Training Institute at the College of DuPage."I believe that today, the greatest threat in the United States is domestic terrorism.
"If there's someone that's planning to carry out an attack of domestic terrorism and they've had no contacts with law enforcement and they've not made their intentions known to family, friends, they are extremely dangerous," Brady said. "Law enforcement doesn't have these people on their radar, they kind of fly under the radar and that's a very dangerous thing in our country right now.
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