Anonymous U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News they have "fragmentary evidence" that Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group that kidnapped some 270 Nigerian schoolgirls, may be planning an attack on U.S. interests in Africa.
"Boko Haram has a long standing interest in this," said one senior U.S. counterterrorism official when asked about the possibility of an attack. "… It's consistent with what we've seen from them. Broadly speaking, it's in line with what we are tracking." [NBC News]
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