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The Hunt: Terrorism trending downward

There is some rare, good news on the terrorism front.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Edmund Fitton-Brown, coordinator of the U.N.’s al-Qaida-Taliban-ISIS monitoring team, says the chances of a western terror attack from a major terror organization are pretty low.

Va. man arrested at security checkpoint near Capitol with pistol, 500 rounds of ammunition

A Virginia man was arrested at a D.C. security checkpoint near the Capitol Building Friday with a pistol and over 500 rounds of ammunition, D.C. police said. They said U.S. Capitol Police arrested Wesley Allen Beeler, of Front Royal, Virginia, around 6:30 p.m. after he tried to pass through a police checkpoint at North Capitol and E Street, Northeast.
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