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riversedge

(69,708 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 09:55 AM Feb 2020

FBI Director Equates Homegrown Extremist Threat In U.S. To That Of ISIS

Source: Crooks and Liars




2/06/20 5:30am


"Not only is the terror threat diverse — it's unrelenting," Wray said at an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.


And instead of addressing the actual threat, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee stuck to their anti-Trump conspiracy theories. Via CBS News:

The FBI has elevated its assessment of the threat posed by racially motivated violent extremists in the U.S. to a "national threat priority" for fiscal year 2020, FBI director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. He said the FBI is placing the risk of violence from such groups "on the same footing" as threats posed to the country by foreign terrorist organizations such as ISIS and its sympathizers.
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Racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, or domestic terrorists motivated by racial or religious hatred, make up a "huge chunk" of the FBI's domestic terrorism investigations, Wray said in statements before the Senate Homeland Security Committee last November. The majority of those attacks are "fueled by some type of white supremacy," he said.

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Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2020/02/fbi-director-equates-homegrown-extremist?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=26774

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FBI Director Equates Homegrown Extremist Threat In U.S. To That Of ISIS (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2020 OP
And Trump's reaction to this? durablend Feb 2020 #1
Wray is steering a difficult course between bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #2
Definitely pandr32 Feb 2020 #11
ive known this for years . AllaN01Bear Feb 2020 #3
Keep an eye on these douchenozzles and their pals C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #4
Collectively 2naSalit Feb 2020 #8
The more racially motivated extremists... Maxheader Feb 2020 #5
KKK, patriot movement, birchers, militias, nativists, neo nazis, gold bugs, anti tax protesters.... Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #6
Let them dress up in military garb DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #12
Nazis are fine people. Good people on both sides. IronLionZion Feb 2020 #7
I think they've learned that if you fire an FBI head, they'll write a book. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #9
Sleeper cells keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #10
Wray's days are numbered. Marcuse Feb 2020 #13

bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
2. Wray is steering a difficult course between
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:07 AM
Feb 2020

effectiveness and Republicans. Low profile gets the job done. I think he's to be commended for it.

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
4. Keep an eye on these douchenozzles and their pals
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:18 AM
Feb 2020

Dressing up and posing like terrorists comes too easy to these wannabes.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
6. KKK, patriot movement, birchers, militias, nativists, neo nazis, gold bugs, anti tax protesters....
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:25 AM
Feb 2020

constitutionalists, sovereigns, and various and sundry right wing nutjobs have been terrorizing America for decade upon decade.

DENVERPOPS

(8,677 posts)
12. Let them dress up in military garb
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:59 PM
Feb 2020

And drop these Macho Assholes off in Afghanistan. We would see in a big hurry just how "tough" they really are....

IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
7. Nazis are fine people. Good people on both sides.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:48 AM
Feb 2020

Victims of hate crimes should have gotten guns to defend themselves, etc.

Wray might get fired soon.

And instead of addressing the actual threat, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee stuck to their anti-Trump conspiracy theories.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
9. I think they've learned that if you fire an FBI head, they'll write a book.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:54 PM
Feb 2020

Being permanently stationed in Point Barrow, Alaska would be another option. It's our Siberia.

Maybe it's why Trump wanted to buy Greenland.

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