Saxby Chambliss: Security Threats 'Reminiscent Of What We Saw Pre-9/11'

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that current security threats remind him of the time before the 9/11 attacks.

Unspecified security concerns led to a global travel warning for Americans and the weekend closure of many embassies in the Muslim world on Sunday.

"The one thing we can talk about is there's been an awful lot of chatter out there," Chambliss said on "Meet The Press." "Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning that's going on. It's very reminiscent of what we saw pre-9/11. We didn't take heed on 9/11 in the way that we should, but here I think it's very important that we do take the right kind of planning."

Saxby Chambliss Attributes Military Sexual Assault To 'The Hormone Level Created By Nature'

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) called on the military to do more to crack down on sexual assault in its ranks on Tuesday, while also worrying that they may be hard to stop because of the natural "hormone level" of the young men serving.

"The young folks who are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22 or 23. Gee whiz, the hormone level created by nature sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur. So we've got to be very careful how we address it on our side," Chambliss told top military officials at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. "But guys, we are not doing our job. You're not doing yours, and we are not doing ours with the rates we are seeing on sexual assaults."