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FBI Issues Terror Alert Ahead Of July 4th Holiday Weekend

FBI director James Comey gestures during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Evan Vucci/AP)
FBI director James Comey gestures during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Law enforcement officials are boosting security for holiday events, after an FBI warning about possible terrorist activity timed to the Fourth of July celebration.

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Seth Jones, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at Rand, about why law enforcement issued the alert.

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