(CNN) President Donald Trump's travel ban increases the possibility of an attack on America, former CIA Director and US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. Panetta, who served under President Barack Obama, also said there is "no question" that the ban is based on religion. "We've fed ISIS a major argument that I think will help them in recruiting and that increases the chances of a potential attack in this country," he warned. It increases that possibility." "Any time you ban people from coming into this country from key Muslim nations, there's no question in my mind that that ban is based on religion, and who they are," he said.

Source: CNN January 31, 2017 19:30 UTC