Psaki: ‘There’s a Difference Between Being Aware of a Threat’ and Seeing ‘Level’ it Poses

"There’s a difference between being aware of a threat and seeing the level the threat poses. I think anyone can look back at the past eight months and see that ISIL has not only gained strength, they did what no one, I think, in the world expected they would do in Iraq. That was in part because of everybody overestimating the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces. So we’ve certainly been aware of ISIL, just like we’ve been aware of Khorasan. But the threat they pose, the strength they’ve built, has really grown over the past six to eight months and we’ve correspondingly taken action over that time as well.”