Obama: 'Lone wolf' terror attack biggest concern

(AP)  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a "lone wolf" terror attack in the U.S. is more likely than a major coordinated effort like the Sept. 11 attacks nearly a decade ago.

With the nation preparing to observe the 10th anniversary of hijacked airliners crashing in New York and Washington and along the Pennsylvania countryside, Obama said the government is in a state of heightened awareness.

"The biggest concern we have right now is not the launching of a major terrorist operation, although that risk is always there," the president said in an interview with CNN.

"The risk that we're especially concerned over right now is the lone wolf terrorist, somebody with a single weapon being able to carry out wide-scale massacres of the sort that we saw in Norway recently," he said. "You know, when you've got one person who is deranged or driven by a hateful ideology, they can do a lot of damage, and it's a lot harder to trace those lone wolf operators."

In Norway, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, was charged with killing 69 people last month at a youth camp. A lawyer for Breivik says his client believes the massacre was necessary to save Norway and Europe from Muslims and punish politicians who have embraced multiculturalism.

In recent years the U.S. has endured terror-linked attacks that authorities believe were carried out by a single person. In November 2009, 13 people were killed at Fort Hood, Texas, in a shooting that led to charges against an Army psychiatrist whom authorities allege had become an Islamic extremist.

A botched car bomb in New York's Times Square in 2010 and a Christmas Day 2009 attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound jetliner with a bomb also were tied by authorities to one person in each instance.

In the CNN interview, Obama said the government continues to monitor and gather information about potential terrorist plots even though al-Qaida's capabilities have been degraded. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs during a raid in Pakistan last May.

Asked if Americans don't have to worry about a nuclear or radiological attack or some other "spectacular" event, Obama said: "Look, as president of the United States, I worry about all of it. But I think the most likely scenario that we have to guard against right now ends up being more of a lone wolf operation than a large, well-coordinated terrorist attack. We still have to stay on top of it, though, and we're never letting our guard down. That's part of our job."

[TheDynamicDave]

This is an absoloute spin here people, if you want to know who the "wolves" are, like the ones in sheep's clothing have a look at this blog (link below) and listen carefully to the ending song in the last video by Todd Rundgren "Shine." It says it all and is right on about this hidden agenda with Janet Napolitano and Barac Obamma using this particular term "wolf" as an attempted spin. CRY WOLF MUCH Mr. President? What is the point of such announcement so he can do an I told you so down the road or is this article here to encourage this fear to fruition? HEY PRES, if your looking for another Arizona like Laughner event to happen just keep ignoring what is going on in Quartzsite... Arizona, the great state of confusion and your howel at the moon dream you just might manifest but it will be a lunatic councilman doing the rant and rampage. Obamma stop consulting with Janet and start talking to Jennifer Jones you might learn something real. Go to this link here people... the ship in the bottle is the USS Constitution: http://azjusticenews.blogspot.com/ listen up Barack the fox is in the hen house and the wolf is all in your mind.

[TheDynamicDave]

Dear Barac Obama, The term "Lone Wolf" is an unfair term to use in this context. Lone Wolf is a NEUTRAL term used for many years in the motorcycle riding communities and a Lone Wolf refers to a person who elects NOT to belong to an MC (motorcycle club)such as the Hells Angels, Outlaws etc. and it means they do not wear any such "colors." Thousands of riders even wear a large Lone Wolf back patch. You (and Napolitano) have now effectively painted a bulls eye on many Americans backs who are the exact opposite of what you are trying to portray and use a term that in fact means NEUTRAL and not associated by any declaration or vow. Why must you catch phrase and stereotype rather than just say a lone individual. In 08 you got my vote but have since lost my confidence in you. You just taged thousands of people Mr. President, clearly you see people as animals and it's showing. For shame, me and the riders in the U.S. are going for Ron Paul now.

[Mladen_Andrijasevic]

So to the US President a lone terrorist is more dangerous than the death of the doctrine of mutually assured destruction which kept a nuclear war from erupting during the Cold War and which is not applicable to Iran any more. We really are all in trouble! Obama needs to read this: MAD is Dead http://madisdead.blogspot.com/