New Jersey just raised its threat level for white supremacists to 'high,' well above ISIS and al Qae
Source: CNN
New Jersey just raised its threat level for white supremacists to 'high,' well above ISIS and al Qaeda
By Leah Asmelash and Sheena Jones, CNN
Updated 7:27 PM ET, Fri February 21, 2020
(CNN)White supremacists are officially more of a threat to New Jersey than both ISIS and al Qaeda, according to state security officials.
In the state's annual Terrorism Threat Assessment report, released Friday, the state raised the threat level for white supremacist extremists to "high" -- the topmost category for threat levels for any extremist group in the state.
The only other threat listed as high as white supremacist extremists are homegrown violent extremists, who also held the top place in 2019's report.
White supremacists were previously listed as a moderate threat, along with ISIS.
Read more: https://us.cnn.com/2020/02/21/us/new-jersey-white-supremacist-terrorism-trnd/index.html
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