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| Subject: Corrupt FBI: 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism Thu May 09, 2019 1:39 am | |
| The FBI has more than 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism across the country, and the threat continues to grow, top counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
FBI, Justice Department and Homeland Security officials gave testimony before a congressional committee on homegrown hate and violence. They cautioned lawmakers they could not prosecute a white supremacist simply for the ideology or an online manifesto — there must be intent to harm or harass.
And much like foreign terrorists, domestic terrorists are radicalizing quickly online with few gateways or barriers and no need to meet up in person. “There’s a lot of hate out there on the internet,” said Mike McGarrity, the FBI’s top counterterrorism official. “Violent extremists around the world have access to our local communities to target and recruit and spread their messages of hate on a global scale, as we saw in the recent attack in Christchurch, New Zealand,” he said, referring to the mosque attacks by a white supremacist and member of the alt-right that killed 51 people. Just two weeks ago, a gunman killed a woman and wounded an 8-year-old girl, her uncle and a rabbi at Chabad of Poway, a San Diego County synagogue. McGarrity said there were six deadly domestic terrorism attacks in 2018, and five in 2017. Of the hundreds of open FBI investigations, about half were antigovernment cases and around 40% were related to race or religion. McGarrity said preventing terrorism in the U.S. was the bureau’s top priority.
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/FBI-850-open-investigations-into-domestic-13830258.php _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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