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Intel Report Warns of Far-Right Extremists
June 19, 2020 at 5:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/19/intel-report-warns-of-far-right-extremists/
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An intelligence report is warning law enforcement and public safety officials that a far-right extremist movement known as boogaloo may be setting its sights on the nations capital, Politico reports.
From the report: The District is likely an attractive target for violent adherents of the boogaloo ideology due to the significant presence of US law enforcement entities, and the wide range of First Amendment-Protected events hosted here.
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redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)the blame. It will just help get the nuts out to vote for the orange menace.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)That their de facto leader is in the White House right now. You know, that stochastic terrorist.
crickets
(25,952 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)They gonna bring their fake antifa flags?
Grins
(7,199 posts)Bound to have happened. And now its a real threat.
Tell me again what administration unfunded and shut down the office within the Dept. of Homeland Security that tracked home-grown domestic terrorists?
And be sure to mention his party...
BComplex
(8,019 posts)They are really fucked up assholes. They want to start a major chaos thing.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,757 posts)malaise
(268,717 posts)Who tried to prevent the truth from becoming public?
https://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/extremism.report/
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"Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a written statement.
"We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence."
The report, "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," said right-wing extremist groups may be using the recession and the election of the nation's first African-American president to recruit members.
The report, which was prepared in coordination with the FBI, was published last week. It was distributed to federal, state and local law enforcement officials. Mainstream media picked up the story after it was reported by conservative bloggers. Video Watch more on the DHS assessment »
Though the nine-page report said it had "no specific information that domestic right-wing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence," it said real-estate foreclosures, unemployment and tight credit "could create a fertile recruiting environment for right-wing extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities similar to those in the past."
The report compared the current climate with that of the 1990s, saying a recession, criticism over outsourcing of jobs and a perceived threat to U.S. power at that time fueled a resurgence of right-wing extremism.