House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., said Wednesday the “national security blunders of the past four years” have “emboldened” foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and homegrown violent extremism.

The committee on Wednesday morning released an updated version of its Terror Threat Snapshot assessment, highlighting threats posed by homegrown extremists inspired by foreign jihadist networks like ISIS in America and around the world.

“Emboldened by the national security blunders of the past four years, foreign terrorist organizations and jihadist networks abroad remain committed to recruiting and radicalizing individuals on U.S. soil.”

— Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn.

The updated report comes less than a month after Texas native and U.S. military veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 civilians Jan. 1, when he drove a truck through crowds of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street around 3 a.m. in what federal authorities described as an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack.

“The French Quarter is often densely packed with pedestrians and represents an area where a mass casualty incident could occur,” a 2017 report states. “This area also presents a risk and target area for terrorism that the FBI has identified as a concern that the City must address. 

“Following the attacks in Nice, France; in London, England; and the recent NYC Times Square incident that cited bollards saved lives, it has become clear how popular tourist areas can be threatened by attackers with vehicles and weapons.”

A masked Islamic State terrorist poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015.  (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

A separate, confidential 2019 report obtained by Fox News from security consulting firm Interfor International, warned Bourbon Street was the “most high-profile target” in New Orleans for a terror attack. The 60-page security assessment commissioned by the French Quarter Management District states bluntly, “The current bollard system on Bourbon Street does not appear to work.” 

The FBI continues to investigate the attack and said Jabbar was motivated by ISIS extremism.

Federal authorities announced last week that Jabbar had previously visited New Orleans on two occasions — once on Oct. 30, 2024, and again on Nov. 10, 2024. The attacker also visited Cairo, Egypt, and Toronto, Canada, prior to the attack, the FBI said.

While Jabbar apparently acted alone, authorities are still investigating whether he had any accomplices.