110 jihadis linked to ISIS have been arrested or killed in the U.S. since 2014 - terrorism expert

Sebastian Gorka, a national security expert, said that at least 110 terrorists with links to ISIS have been apprehended or killed in the U.S. over the past two years.

Sebastian Gorka speaking at a national security presentation at Georgetown University on October 28, 2015. | Screen capture/Youtube/Sebastian Gorka

Gorka reported the figures during a panel discussion titled "Jihad in America" at the Values Voters Summit. He began by asking the audience if they felt safer no than they did on Sept. 10, 2001, to which the audience replied negatively.

Gorka recounted that he took part at a briefing at the National Counterterrorism Center in the Pentagon where it was revealed that ISIS affiliates are operating in more than 18 different countries all over the world.

"Two years ago, that number was seven. In 24 months, they have more than doubled their global expanse," Gorka said. "Not only that, it controls territory in different regions of the world," he added.

He pointed to a report that he and his wife published a week before the San Bernardino attack in December 2015. The report, titled "ISIS: The Threat to the United States," stated that 82 individuals who are linked to ISIS have been arrested by law enforcement in the U.S. since March 2014.

Gorka noted at the summit that the number had grown to 110. "Not 10, not 50, but 110, with the most recent being the arrest a couple of weeks ago in Virginia of an ISIS terrorist," he said. The report added that there have been over 250 people from the U.S. who have joined or tried to join ISIS.

Gorka criticized the U.S. government for omitting certain parts from the transcript of Omar Mateen's 911 call before attacking the Pulse nightclub in Orlando last June.

"When he said, 'Allahu Akbar, Allah is the greatest,' the Department of Justice decided that they will change the word 'Allah' in the transcript to 'God," Gorka said. "That's political interference in the intelligence cycle," he added.

In an interview with Breitbart, Gorka warned against promoting Vladimir Putin as a protector of Christianity. He argued that Putin is not aiding Syria to protect Christians or fight Islamic terrorism. He asserted that Putin is only trying to save the regime of Bashar al-Assad.