The wounds of the attacks on Paris are still raw in the West, where mourning is quickly being replaced by renewed fears and stepped-up security.Current and former intelligence officials, like former CIA director James Woolsey, warn this is the new reality.We're just getting started.I think ISIS is going to be with us for some time, even if their headquarters, their caliphate is captured or destroyed.Counterterror officials believe that in some ways,Islamic State is using the attacks on Paris and on the Russian airliner in Egypt to show its resilience as slowly but surely its forces are being beaten back in Iraq.We've also seen some other things, like a reduction of the number of personnel sitting at checkpoints.So that gives an indicator that maybe things aren't as good as they could be in-in ISIL land.Still, Washington remains cautious, increasing security at home although officials say, for now, there are no credible threats to the U.S.The fear is Islamic State's both opportunistic and strategic nature, say former counterintelligence operative Mubin Shaikh by Skype.ISIS has had a plan to train people to send them back into their countries and stay in place and attack.It's not a shift in strategy. It's just them doing exactly what they said that they would be doing.A U.S. counterterrorism official tells VOA Islamic State has evolved,
