Posted on 02/23/2021 5:12:09 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
As the political extremes have taken center stage in American life, domestic violent extremism has become the greatest threat to national security.
But what do you do when the enemy is part of America? And when does political extremism cross the line into domestic terrorism?
"There is a fine line there," said Michael Paul, Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis FBI. "But it is a very hard line for us, in that we don’t police thought, we don’t police ideology."
Paul came to the Minneapolis FBI in September with a long resume in fighting domestic terrorism and counterintelligence. He is also conscious of the First Amendment and its protections for freedom of speech.
"You realize at the end of the day it does not take a very sophisticated plan or plot in order to do some real damage and inflict some serious violence," Paul said.
It is a threat that is often difficult to predict and anticipate.
"Without question our greatest risk for the potential for violence comes from a lone offender," he added.
But critics argue the FBI has long ignored the domestic terror threat from white supremacist groups and is now playing catch-up.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox9.com ...
“...we don’t police thought, we don’t police ideology.”
Now we know why they won’t go after antifa.
Well, “right wing” terrorism is a mainstay of almost every hit TV detective drama in Europe. Danish and Swedish white terrorists hatch a new plot almost every week. /s
The price of Docker’s khakis went up?
Here we see two top FBI agents reacting to that statement.
If incidents are compared, ANTIFA is much more of a threat to Democracy, than any pro American group. Anarchists are not pro American. What this article really reveals is the extent to which the FBI has been corrupted. Is it irretrievable? Only someone in the FBI could answer that.
SA in Charge Paul, don’t get your panties in a twist; private corporations will be policing all that stuff for you. Go home and sleep well; the Public-Private Partnerships have it all in control.
Probably also because they belong to antifa.
They like to keep a back-up plan, you know.
They have every intention of provoking a race war.
Only idiots believe it is only white people who own guns and have permits.
“You realize at the end of the day it does not take a very sophisticated plan or plot in order to do some real damage and inflict some serious violence,” Paul said.
Is he giving a pep talk?
White extremist is a person who happens to be white and doesn’t want their family to be murdered.
Sure sounds like it...
It certainly looks like where this is headed, does it not?
Only idiots believe it’s only white people who don’t want to live in a Nuevo Marxista dictatorship.
This propaganda has been building more than five years.
It is planned and tactical and has nothing to do with what it claims.
It is part of the rainbow flag 1619 coup.
It’s insidious and orchestrated long term.
It does look like we will need conservative states and governors to provide first amendment sanctuary and nullify federal abuses against citizens that exercise their right to engage in political speech.
First and second amendment protection via state nullification against unconstitutional Federal rules. If federal agents are going to target conservatives, states need to provide protection for its citizens.
The federal police looks likes it’s going to get out of hand with leftist authoritarians at the helm. This is going to make mask mandates look like the good old days.
Critics also believe in fairy tales, Santa Claus, and that Wakanda really exists. Acting on those beliefs is going to get people killed.
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