CBS: FBI Director Comey Calls ISIS a Bigger Threat to the U.S. than Al Qaeda

ROSE: “There is a troubling new warning about the danger ISIS poses to the United States. FBI Director James Comey says that terror group has become more of a threat to the country than al Qaeda.”
O’DONNELL: “Comey credits a year-long social media campaign for helping ISIS dramatically expand its influence. He said Twitter accounts associated with the group have more than 21,000 English-language followers around the world. Paula Reid is in Washington. Paula, good morning.”
REID: “Good morning. The warning from FBI Director Comey, was a sobering reminder of how far have reaching the Islamic State’s influences. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, the FBI director says that the threat of ISIS on U.S. soil keeps him up at night, and it's a threat that eclipses al Qaeda. According to Comey, thousands of Americans on home soil may make up the 21,000 English-language followers of Twitter account from across the globe affiliated to the Islamic State. And the volume of those messages, he says, is a major concern.”
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COMEY: “ISIL is not your parent's al Qaeda. It is a very different model. By virtue of that model it is currently the threat we are worried about in the homeland most of all… ISIL is buzzing on your hip. That message is being pushed all day long, and if you want to talk to a terrorist, they're right there on Twitter, direct-messaging for you to communicate with."
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REID: “Hundreds of FBI investigations have been opened, across all 50 states, focusing on targets who have received messages from ISIS and may act upon them. Comey said that terrorist groups are in the early stages of discussing ways to target Americans with cyber attacks, saying it's a small, but potentially growing problem.”