The @FBI found no intelligence indicating 'Antifa' was involved in Sunday’s violence, per @kenklippenstein:
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/antifa-trump-fbi/
Reminder: Director Wray told Congress the FBI views 'Antifa' "more as an ideology than an organization." https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/fbi-director-tallies-threats-domestic-terrorism-china-russia-violence-against-police
FBI director tallies threats: Domestic terrorism, China, Russia, violence against police

On the eve of the highly-anticipated testimony of former special counsel Robert Mueller, FBI Director Christopher Wray largely avoided the political fray and outlined a host of threats facing the...

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/antifa-trump-fbi/
The @FBI Director told Congress that the primary domestic terrorism threat in 2020 is from violent extremists motivated by racial or religious hatred – & the majority of these attacks in America "fueled by some type of white supremacy." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/racially-motivated-violent-extremism-isis-national-threat-priority-fbi-director-christopher-wray/ This remains true.
Racially-motivated violent extremists elevated to "national threat priority," FBI director says

FBI director says the threat posed by domestic extremists is "on the same footing" as threats posed by foreign terrorist organizations like ISIS and its sympathizers.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/racially-motivated-violent-extremism-isis-national-threat-priority-fbi-director-christopher-wray/
Reminder: There is no legal mechanism for designating domestic extremist groups as terrorists in the USA. (President Trump is a paper tiger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/domestic-terrorism-laws.html
If there were, white supremacist & ethno-nationalist groups would be on it – starting with the KKK.
“We have a significant increase in racially motivated violent extremism in the US and, I think, a growing increase in white nationalism and white supremacy extremist movements,” Jay Tabb, head of national security for the @FBI: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/white-supremacy-the-base.html
It took YEARS for @DHSgov to begin to address the growing threat of violent extremeism white supremacists – much "pre-existing condition" of white nationalism across the South: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/white-supremacy-homeland-security.html

Today, @FBI should be investigating federal officers: https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes
In April 2020, the @StateDept designated an ultra-nationalist group based in Russia as a terrorist organization, the first time (!) the US government applied the label to a white supremacist group: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/terrorist-label-white-supremacy-Russian-Imperial-Movement.html
For decades, the USA's domestic counterterrorism strategy ignored the growing threat of far-right extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/magazine/FBI-charlottesville-white-nationalism-far-right.html
Then Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/after-stephen-miller-s-white-nationalist-views-outed-latinos-ask-n1096071 Stephen Miller is still there.
For decades, the USA's domestic counterterrorism strategy ignored the growing threat of far-right extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/magazine/FBI-charlottesville-white-nationalism-far-right.htmlThen Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/after-stephen-miller-s-white-nationalist-views-outed-latinos-ask-n1096071 Stephen Miller is still there.
For decades, the USA's domestic counterterrorism strategy ignored the growing threat of far-right extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/magazine/FBI-charlottesville-white-nationalism-far-right.htmlThen Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/after-stephen-miller-s-white-nationalist-views-outed-latinos-ask-n1096071 Stephen Miller is still there.
For decades, the USA's domestic counterterrorism strategy ignored the growing threat of far-right extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/magazine/FBI-charlottesville-white-nationalism-far-right.htmlThen Trump was elected, & brought a white nationalist into the @WhiteHouse: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/after-stephen-miller-s-white-nationalist-views-outed-latinos-ask-n1096071 Stephen Miller is still there.
Given Trump's record of illiberalism, abuse of power, & demonstrated intent to criminalize dissent, Congress would be foolish to pass new domestic terrorism law.

But it should hold open hearings on whether foreign or domestic extremists are deliberately stoking riots & fires.
Every governor and mayor should be thinking about the threat white supremacists pose to their communities.

That means systematic auditing law enforcement to root out white nationalism from police forces. Zero tolerance.

This @NewYorkStateAG is leading: https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-george-floyd-police-officer-white-power-symbol-1507817
NYPD officer accused of flashing white power symbol during George Floyd protests investigated by...

A clip of the officer flashing an 'OK' hand gesture has been viewed eight million times on social media.

https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-george-floyd-police-officer-white-power-symbol-1507817
White supremacists pose a dire security threat in 2020:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/white-supremacist-violence-terrorism/606964/
But they've been terrorizing our fellow Americans for many decades.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of domestic terror – as are statues of traitors:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opinion/sunday/army-base-names-confederacy-racism.html https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1250813938452881408
If China’s actions merit public attention & government response: https://twitter.com/hudsoninstitute/status/1280509852964577288?s=21 shouldn’t those of the white nationalists that the @FBI identified as the primary threat for domestic terrorism?

How much is this (neo-Confederate?) POTUS affecting our union’s resilience?
The most significant domestic terror threat to the U.S. comes from white supremacists — not Antifa, gangs, the Mob, or protestors yelling at restaurant patrons. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-domestic-extemism-homeland-security-401926 Ask @DHS_Wolf about it, Congress. And look at who tweets a viral video while ignoring murders.
The most significant domestic terror threat to the U.S. comes from white supremacists — not Antifa, gangs, the Mob, or protestors yelling at restaurant patrons. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-domestic-extemism-homeland-security-401926 Ask @DHS_Wolf about it, Congress. And look at who tweets a viral video while ignoring murders.
The most significant domestic terror threat to the U.S. comes from white supremacists — not Antifa, gangs, the Mob, or protestors yelling at restaurant patrons. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-domestic-extemism-homeland-security-401926 Ask @DHS_Wolf about it, Congress. And look at who tweets a viral video while ignoring murders.
The most significant domestic terror threat to the U.S. comes from white supremacists — not Antifa, gangs, the Mob, or protestors yelling at restaurant patrons. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-domestic-extemism-homeland-security-401926 Ask @DHS_Wolf about it, Congress. And look at who tweets a viral video while ignoring murders.
The most significant domestic terror threat to the U.S. comes from white supremacists — not Antifa, gangs, the Mob, or protestors yelling at restaurant patrons. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-domestic-extemism-homeland-security-401926 Ask @DHS_Wolf about it, Congress. And look at who tweets a viral video while ignoring murders.
Former US officials have now gone on the record they could not bring up Russian active measures or white supremacy to this @POTUS. Trump’s narcissism & racism has put national security & the safety of Americans at greater risk. https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1301130920649424896
A whistleblower said @DHSgov withheld this annual assessment for months https://www.scribd.com/document/478854475/DHS-Homeland-Threat-Assessment which warns white supremacy is the “most persistent & lethal threat" in the US, & names Russia as the primary source of disinformation: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/homeland-security-white-supremacists-russia.html
(DHS can't say POTUS is)
September 2020: a whistleblower said @DHSgov officials told analysts to downplay threats from violent white supremacy & Russian election interference https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/homeland-security-russia-trump.html Now the impacts of
online radicalization & stochastic terrorism are becoming clearer, as a present danger https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1314359348479627265
October 2020: "The @FBI has failed to produce a legally required report detailing the scope of white supremacist & other domestic terrorism, despite mounting concerns that the upcoming election could spark far-right violence."- @attackerman https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-sits-on-report-detailing-white-supremacist-terror-threat
FBI Sits on Report Detailing White-Supremacist Terror Threat

In violation of the law, the FBI won’t deliver a legally required report on domestic terrorism before an election that many security veterans fear may spark some level of violence.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-sits-on-report-detailing-white-supremacist-terror-threat
The Nashville bomber’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs a year ago. The police investigated, & checked with @ATFHQ @FBI:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nashville-bombers-girlfriend-warned-he-was-building-bombs/2020/12/30/c7b54228-4a81-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.html
Does this story end differently if federal law enforcement’s threat model had prioritized radicalized white violent extremists?
The Nashville bomber’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs a year ago. The police investigated, & checked with @ATFHQ @FBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nashville-bombers-girlfriend-warned-he-was-building-bombs/2020/12/30/c7b54228-4a81-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.htmlDoes this story end differently if federal law enforcement’s threat model had prioritized radicalized white violent extremists?
The Nashville bomber’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs a year ago. The police investigated, & checked with @ATFHQ @FBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nashville-bombers-girlfriend-warned-he-was-building-bombs/2020/12/30/c7b54228-4a81-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.htmlDoes this story end differently if federal law enforcement’s threat model had prioritized radicalized white violent extremists?
The Nashville bomber’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs a year ago. The police investigated, & checked with @ATFHQ @FBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nashville-bombers-girlfriend-warned-he-was-building-bombs/2020/12/30/c7b54228-4a81-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.htmlDoes this story end differently if federal law enforcement’s threat model had prioritized radicalized white violent extremists?
The Nashville bomber’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs a year ago. The police investigated, & checked with @ATFHQ @FBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nashville-bombers-girlfriend-warned-he-was-building-bombs/2020/12/30/c7b54228-4a81-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.htmlDoes this story end differently if federal law enforcement’s threat model had prioritized radicalized white violent extremists?
When Goltein says this, listen: https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1346661487520182274
Read what she says about a President & emergency powers: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/
Know that if the Senate flips (now likely) & certifies Biden's win tomorrow, an autocrat desperate to evade accountability may create a crisis.
Far-right militia storming @USCapitol should drive fundamental change, now. It's a national security vulnerability. Audit USCP for far-right extremists; ID who let people in & took selfies.
Did @FBI track extremists?
Where were they?
Where was @DHSgov?
Did @WhiteHouse interfere?
An intel failure? Nah
Media reporting on intent of far-right militias was sound & robust
@FBI & @DHSgov knew
No mounted Park Police
No National Guard in Humvees guarding @USCapitol
No 10' fence, like for Confederate statues.
Some @CapitolPolice let them in
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/law-enforcement-officials-across-u-s-shocked-police-failure-stop-n1253193
"there should have been a heavily manned perimeter sealing off the entire Capitol grounds and a second around the building itself given that extremist groups with a history of violent confrontations were involved." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/Capitol-cops-police.html
Capitol Breach Draws Sharp Condemnation of Law Enforcement

The Capitol Police were clearly outnumbered and unprepared for the onslaught. And many saw a stark double standard.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/Capitol-cops-police.html
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