Former CIA Director Porter Goss told Fox News that, especially in North Africa, Al Qaeda is “much stronger” and “spreading out” throughout the region.

Porter Goss: “It’s much stronger, it’s spreading out. It’s sort of running across the map of northern Africa — what they call the — grab the northern countries, Libya… There are franchise activities springing up with different names. They are constantly changing the names. They are basically apart of this loosely affiliated network. There’s a lot of money in it [and] there’s a lot of dedication and commitment in it…”