Report: FBI Puts White Nationalists And Neo-Nazis ‘On The Same Threat Level As ISIS’
February 8, 2020 in News by RBN Staff
source: www.informationliberation.com
by Chris Menahan
Does this mean white nationalists and neo-Nazis are going to get state funding and be provided with arms?
The Trace✔@teamtrace
The FBI director testified today that racially motivated extremism is as much of a threat to national security as ISIS.
The announcement comes two weeks after the arrest of neo-Nazis who discussed firing into the crowd at a pro-gun rally in Virginia. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8awn/the-fbi-just-put-white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-on-the-same-threat-level-as-isis …
The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as ISIS
“Not only is the terror threat diverse, it’s unrelenting,” said FBI chief Chris Wray.
vice.com
From VICE, “The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as ISIS”:
The FBI has elevated racially-motivated violent extremism to a “national threat priority,” in yet another sign that the U.S. government has finally woken up to the threat posed by white nationalists and neo-Nazis at home and abroad.
In a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined several concrete steps the agency had taken to combat violent far-right extremists, explaining that the “national threat priority” designation puts those groups or individuals on the same footing as ISIS” in terms of the resources the FBI will devote to it.
“We’re particularly focused on domestic terrorism, especially racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” said Wray. “Not only is the terror threat diverse, it’s unrelenting.”
Wray’s announcement comes just two weeks after FBI agents arrested eight members of the violent neo-Nazi group The Base, three of whom were allegedly discussing firing into the crowd during the large pro-gun rally in Virginia last month. In recent months, the FBI also foiled two synagogue bombings, Wray said.
How many of those plots were organized by the FBI?
