Dozens of Americans secretly conversing with ISIS — Federal Bureau of Investigation director

Nick Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, also speaking to the panel, estimated that about 250 Americans had traveled to fight or train in parts of Iraq and Syria where Islamic State militants have declared a caliphate.

“It’s a message that comes in an entirely new way because it buzzes in the pockets of troubled souls, unmoored people all over this country, all day long”, Comey said. The Guardian’s database shows 891 have been killed thus far in 2015 while The Washington Post now shows the number to be 758. Comey said that the government continues discussions with private companies to ensure they understand the risks that result from malicious actors’ use of their encrypted products and services.

“So my plan is, I’m just talking about it constantly to state and local law enforcement, saying this is in everyone’s interest who cares about sound policing, sound public policy, and to use the bully pulpit of this office to say ‘You’ve got to give it to us, you’ve got to give it to us.’ Those are the tools I have”.

“It is unacceptable that the Washington Post and the Guardian newspaper from the United Kingdom are becoming the lead source of information about violent encounters between [US] police and civilians”. And he specifically highlighted an increase in the scale and scope of reporting on malicious cyber activity measured by the amount of corporate data stolen or deleted, personally identifiable information compromised, or remediation costs incurred by USA victims. “That is not good for anybody”. This is more than double what the FBI’s figures are. He said he is concerned about people who “self-radicalize”. The Washington Post, which has a similar project, has documented 758 deaths this year. Calling the data “vital”, she said that the absence of a consistent set of standards “makes it hard to see these trends, and that’s why it is so important to focus on these [numbers]”. Because of the volume of reader comments, we can not review individual moderation decisions with readers. A few things we won’t tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing and SHOUTING. They are either approved or deleted. Instead, corrections will be made in a blog post or in an article.