Ruppersberger: No 'imminent' ISIL threat

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday there’s no intelligence “at this point” that an attack on the U.S. by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant “is imminent.”

Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger's comments on CNN's "State of the Union" came after Britain raised its terror threat level last week from “substantial” to “severe,” meaning an attack is considered "highly likely," according to the BBC.

The Maryland congressman noted he attends regular intelligence briefings on the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. “We want to do whatever we need to do to stop ISIS,” he said, using another acronym for the group known as ISIL.