ED HENRY: In a speech today, you mentioned [Secretary of Homeland Security] Jeh Johnson on another subject involving terror. He gave a speech before all of this happened in Canada, he was talking about the terror threat, and he mentioned -- JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE: This is Jeh Johnson? Gave a speech? HENRY: Yeah, in Canada. EARNEST: Okay. HENRY: And said, "today the terrorist threat is different from what it was in 2001. It is more decentralized and more complex. Not only is there core al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, there is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," and he listed all the affiliates that you, the president, and others have said for a long time could still be a threat. But when he mentioned that there is core al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is the administration signaling that core al Qaeda is no longer decimated, that they are part of this threat matrix? EARNEST: Ed, we stand by what is demonstrably true, that core al Qaeda, that the network that previously existed along the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been decimated and destroyed because of the bravery and courage and the service of our men and women in uniform and our dedicated professionals in the intelligence agencies. They were implementing a strategy at the direction of the president of the United States to decimate and destroy them. That effort has been successful. No longer is there a network that was previously presided over by Osama bin Laden that could plan and execute a global conspiracy that was years in the making to carry out a large scale terror attack against the United States of America on our shores. That network has been decimated. Now, there continue to be threats that emanate from that region of the world and other regions of the world, but that threat as the Secretary of Homeland Security said in his speech is different than the threat that existed prior to 9/11. "THIS VIDEO IS FAIR USE UNDER U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW BECAUSE IT IS (1) NON-COMMERCIAL, (2) TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE, (3) USES NO MORE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK THAN NECESSARY FOR THE VIDEO'S PURPOSE, AND (4) DOES NOT COMPETE WITH THE ORIGINAL WORK AND COULD HAVE NO NEGATIVE AFFECT ON ITS MARKET."

• published: 01 Oct 2014
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