Richard Perle: ISIS Plans to Acquire Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Islamic State (ISIS) is attempting to acquire weapons of mass destruction and use them for terror attacks around the world, former Assistant Sec. of Defense Richard Perle tells Newsmax TV.

"ISIS is trying very hard to acquire weapons of mass destruction," Perle, now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said Thursday in an interview with "The Steve Malzberg Show."

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"And I have no doubt that if they get them they will use them … Think about the prospects of a nuclear explosion perpetuated by ISIS."

ISIS and how to deal with it has become one of the key issues in the 2016 presidential election following last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., in which 14 died. ISIS has claimed credit for the attack, which was carried out by a married Muslim couple.

Perle served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004.

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