National Intelligence Director James Clapper plans to tell a Senate panel Al-Qaeda is likely plotting a series of small-scale terrorist attacks against the United States to keep worldwide attention focused on their political issues.
According to thsi report, in his prepared testimony, Clapper says al-Qaeda’s leadership and strategies for grandiose acts of terrorism – like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks – have been weakened in recent years by US-led efforts against Islamic extremists.
