With far-right domestic terror threats on the rise, experts are urging President Biden to go beyond his initial executive actions and ensure national security forces are better equipped to address homegrown threats.
Biden is coming under pressure to shift resources and boost intelligence sharing following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, when law enforcement agencies were caught flat-footed by hundreds of violent protesters who stormed the building in support of former President Trump.
And the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week warned that the U.S. may face heightened threats from “ideologically-motivated violent extremists.”
“All of this existed before Trump and it will certainly exist post-Trump. I think his role was really to accelerate and spur the ideology and the reaching of new folks,” said Margaret Huang, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which monitors hate groups and extremism.
The Biden administration faces the dual threats not just of the rise in white nationalist and extremist groups, she said, but also the increasingly dangerous impact of disinformation.
“The people who turned out for the rally on Jan 6. were really a range. They were not all extremists. There were people there because they were strong Trump supporters and voted for him and believed the rhetoric about stealing the election was true.”
The White House has called for a sweeping review of domestic terror threats, with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence tasked with developing a “comprehensive threat assessment” in coordination with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The National Security Council has also been directed to undertake a review about how the government can better share information.
Who was it that said, “The bigger the lie; the more often repeated, the more people will believe it.”?
Or something.
Joseph Goebbels
Funny, not to long ago, they wanted to get the mraps off the street. And now they want tanks..😆
Blah blah blahhhh
‘The Hill” certainly went Downhill. DemonRat infested now.
NW GA voted Greene in over a tough runoff from the Estab Repubs.
I asked her at a gathering “If she really wanted to do this” meaning go to Congress. She said no, but somebody Had to do it to confront the Socialists and no one else was stepping up.
I voted For Her and gave her money to run and prevail. God Speed.
i wonder how much pressure releases such as this put on them?
https://rumble.com/vbfw7p-the-plan-to-save-the-worldremastered-thank-you-joem.html