Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks to the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention on Sept. 3 in Rosemont, Ill. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, America's top homeland security official can't say for sure whether the country is safer from terrorist attacks. "It's a mixed bag," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday's "State of the Union." Johnson said U.S. intelligence and security officials have become "pretty good" at uncovering plots hatched abroad by terrorist groups. Our government has become pretty good at detecting plots against the homeland," Johnson said. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, Johnson said, "Invariably, the high-probability, higher-probability type of threat, another San Bernardino, another Orlando, is uppermost on our minds.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2016 13:29 UTC