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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durablend
(7,414 posts)Throw more gasoline on the fire. Because libs need to be pwnt
bucolic_frolic
(42,651 posts)effectiveness and Republicans. Low profile gets the job done. I think he's to be commended for it.
pandr32
(11,446 posts)Good point and we should commend all who navigate authoritarian headwinds effectively.
AllaN01Bear
(17,346 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)Dressing up and posing like terrorists comes too easy to these wannabes.
2naSalit
(86,031 posts)they might reach an IQ of 50.
Maxheader
(4,366 posts)The more votes for the conservative bastards...
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)constitutionalists, sovereigns, and various and sundry right wing nutjobs have been terrorizing America for decade upon decade.
DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)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)Victims of hate crimes should have gotten guns to defend themselves, etc.
Wray might get fired soon.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Being permanently stationed in Point Barrow, Alaska would be another option. It's our Siberia.
Maybe it's why Trump wanted to buy Greenland.