Senate Intelligence Committee to Examine Antigovernment Extremists

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The New York Times

Julian E. Barnes and Nicholas Fandos 46 mins ago

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee will examine the influence of Russia and other foreign powers on antigovernment extremist groups like the ones that helped mobilize the deadly attack on the Capitol last month, the panel’s new chairman said in an interview this week.

As the executive branch undertakes a nationwide manhunt to hold members of the mob accountable, Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virgina, said it would be vitally important for the influential committee to do a “significant dive” into antigovernment extremism in the United States, the ties those groups have to organizations in Europe and Russia’s amplification of their message.

With the power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans in place, Mr. Warner took over this week as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, after four years as its vice chairman. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Warner outlined his priorities, such as the spread of disinformation, the rise of antigovernment extremist groups, Chinese domination of key technologies, Russia’s widespread hacking of government computer networks and strengthening watchdog protections in the intelligence agencies.

The White House has ordered the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to work with the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. on a new analysis of the threat from domestic extremist groups and the support they receive from foreign powers or overseas organizations.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-intelligence-committee-to-examine-antigovernment-extremists/ar-BB1doIZA?li=BBnb7Kz

[Ford_Prefect]

1. About bloody time, too!

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. How much do you want to bet that "Antifa" and "BLM" will be top on the list?

Republicans will insist on it, for Democrats to be able to use the hallowed word: "bipartisan"..