Posted on 03/24/2021 2:40:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Law enforcement sources say that Homeland Security is investigating monitoring movements of U.S. extremists and white supremacists.
The Department of Homeland Security is considering monitoring the travel of domestic extremists and expanding its use of the No Fly List, law enforcement sources told POLITICO.
The discussions are part of the Biden administration’s strategy of treating domestic terror as a national security threat, and not just a law enforcement problem. They're also part of broader conversations in government about how to use tools developed for the Global War on Terror to combat domestic extremism. And, if past is prologue, the approach could prove politically contentious.
The department could begin analyzing the travel patterns of suspected domestic extremists, monitor flights they book on short notice and search their luggage for weapons, a senior law enforcement official told POLITICO. There have also been discussions about putting suspected domestic violent extremists — a category that includes white supremacists — on the FBI’s No Fly List, the official said. When suspected extremists travel internationally, officials may be more likely to question them before they pass through customs and to search their phones and laptops.
A second law enforcement official told POLITICO that conversations about monitoring domestic extremists’ travel have involved multiple federal agencies at the interagency level, including the FBI.
“Domestic violent extremism poses the most lethal, persistent terrorism-related threat to our homeland today," a DHS spokesperson said in response to a request for comment. "DHS is committed to improving security and is reviewing options for enhancing screening and vetting protocols and travel pattern analyses, consistent with privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.”
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The Constitution means nothing to these people. Exactly what crime have these so-called extremist American citizens committed? They are making thought crimes out of thin air. They are making free speech criminal. It is a complete setup in advance to the great gun grab that is coming.
Remember when they said the TSA would never be used for this?
Dumbya’s Patriot Act - The Gift that keeps on giving.
The no-fly list is an extra-judicial punishment which violates due process - not that anyone in the administration cares about such things.
“The Department of Homeland Security is considering monitoring the travel of domestic extremists and expanding its use of the No Fly List”
Are they not already doing this?
The grocery store shooter from yesterday was already on the FBI watch list. What happened to that?
The control of all citizens is what they are after, communism at its best and most potent.
Putting someone on a no fly list just because they do not agree with you politically should be a capital offense in our nation.
Maybe they should worry about tracking the firearm purchases of muslim extremists on the FBI watch list first.
In through the gates and out through the chimney.
The people that out shouted you are not the people responsible for passing the patriot act. You are just trying to look good at other people’s expense. The people that passed the patriot act were all in Congress or working in the Bush administration.
Guess that means no more church trips.
Warrants? We don’t need no steenkin’ warrants.
The state needs to be more restricted in domestic surveillance.
Oh but they were. They called their congressmen and senators to voice their support and demanded that everyone else on the FR do so too. They were and still are morons who can’t predict consequences.
Everyone in a red state.
“domestic extremists, i.e. anyone that voted republican in a blue state.”
Anybody who believes that there was ANY vote fraud in 2020, no matter how small.
The Communist Purge Is Growing Exponentially & The Disgraceful, Cowardly, Sniveling, American Sheeple Are Doing Nothing About It!
Has the Department of Homeland Security tracked the movements of domestic terrorist Bill Ayers?
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