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Islamic State has 'revolutionized' terrorism, FBI director says


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Islamic State has "revolutionized" terrorism by seeking to inspire small-scale individual attacks around the world through social media, encrypted communications and slickly produced propaganda, FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday.

    "Your parents' al Qaeda was a very different model than the threat we face today," Comey said at a counterterrorism conference in New York City.

    He said the Federal Bureau of Investigation currently has "hundreds" of investigations in all 50 states involving potential Islamic State-inspired plots.

    (Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)