{"id":1062,"date":"2015-11-22T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2015-11-22T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:46:08","slug":"mtp-exclusive-dhs-sec-johnson-in-first-interview-since-paris-attacks-no-specific-credible-intel-of-u-s-threat-concerned-about-copycat-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/11\/22\/mtp-exclusive-dhs-sec-johnson-in-first-interview-since-paris-attacks-no-specific-credible-intel-of-u-s-threat-concerned-about-copycat-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP EXCLUSIVE: DHS SEC. JOHNSON IN FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE PARIS ATTACKS: \u201cNO SPECIFIC CREDIBLE INTEL\u201d OF U.S. THREAT, CONCERNED ABOUT COPYCAT ACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: \u201cMore worried about thousands of people that can purchase firearms in this country than I am about Syrian refugees\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Defense Sec. Leon Panetta: Resources applied to President\u2019s strategy against ISIS \u201chave not been sufficient\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-OH): \u201cI flat out condemn the idea that we were going to have Muslims register\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NOV. 22, 2015 — In his first interview since last Friday\u2019s terror attacks in Paris, Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson<\/strong> exclusively told \u201cMeet the Press\u201d moderator Chuck Todd that \u201cwe have no specific credible intelligence about a threat of the Paris-type directed at the homeland here\u201d but \u201cwe’re concerned about potential copycat acts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exclusively joining Sec. Johnson from outside of a counter terror exercise in New York City, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton<\/strong> called on Congress to \u201chelp us out with that Terrorist Watch List, those thousands of people that can purchase firearms in this country,\u201d saying he\u2019s \u201cmore worried about them than I am about Syrian refugees, to be quite frank with you.\u201d Watch the full interview with Sec. Johnson and Commissioner Bratton here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1X6FTA5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich<\/strong> responded to Bratton, saying \u201cIf we want to examine people who are on terrorist watch lists and not let them buy a gun, it’s something that ought to be considered.\u201d Watch the full interview with Gov. Kasich here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1Nl7GZa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also appearing exclusively on this morning\u2019s special edition of \u201cMeet the Press: Fighting ISIS\u201d was former Defense Sec. Leon Panetta<\/strong>, who addressed the need to unify the anti-ISIS effort: \u201cMy focus would be to have NATO countries. \u00a0I’m a little surprised that they haven’t invoked Article Five of the NATO Charter. We invoked Article Five after 9\/11.\u201d Watch the full interview with former Sec. Panetta: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1OlXzjL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arsalan Iftikhar<\/strong>, international human rights lawyer and senior editor of The Islamic Monthly, spoke with the panel, which included NBC News\u2019 Tom Brokaw<\/strong>; The New York Times\u2019 Helene Cooper<\/strong>; National Journal\u2019s Ron Fournier<\/strong>; and The Washington Post\u2019s Kathleen Parker, <\/strong>about Islamophobia in the U.S. and what it\u2019s been like to be a Muslim-American in America this week.<\/p>\n

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MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS\u2019 \u201cMEET THE PRESS\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n