ISIS has Americans worried. Two-thirds of those surveyed in a recent Pew Research poll said they consider the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to be a "major threat" to this country. But are such fears really justified? Despite the impression you may have had from listening to U.S. officials in recent weeks, the answer is probably not really. For a start, U.S. officials have been inflating the numbers of Americans fighting for ISIS, which has muddied the issue for the public. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, for example, told CNN's Jim Sciutto earlier this month, "We are aware of over 100 U.S. citizens who have U.S. passports who are fighting in the Middle East with ISIL forces." (ISIS is sometimes referred to as ISIL and now calls itself the Islamic State).
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Two-thirds of Americans say ISIS "major threat" to U.S.
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U.S. officials have inflated numbers of Americans fighting for ISIS, says Peter Bergen
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Claims that over 100 U.S. citizens fighting with ISIS are probably overestimate
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Somalia example suggests those fighting in Syria won't pose U.S. threat, Bergen says
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