U.S. Intelligence: Islamic State Not Desperate, Just 'Adapting'

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CNN: U.S. intel warns: ISIS not desperate, just 'adapting'

(CNN)Recent raids against ISIS targets have given the U.S. intelligence community a better understanding of how the terror group is structured and organized and about its plans for attacks outside areas it controls in Syria and Iraq, according to a senior administration official.

They also have made it clear that for some time ISIS was planning to focus on those attacks around the world, although there were no clear indications of when and where that would have provided actionable intelligence to prevent them, the senior official said.

"We were aware they were moving this way," the official said. "It's not like we didn't see it coming."

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