Posted on 10/04/2023 10:03:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump's army of MAGA followers.
The challenge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary federal agency charged with law enforcement, is to pursue and prevent what it calls domestic terrorism without direct reference to political parties or affiliations—even though the vast majority of its current "anti-government" investigations are of Trump supporters, according to classified data obtained by Newsweek.
"The FBI is in an almost impossible position," says a current FBI official, who requested anonymity to discuss highly sensitive internal matters. The official said that the FBI is intent on stopping domestic terrorism and any repeat of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But the Bureau must also preserve the Constitutional right of all Americans to campaign, speak freely and protest the government. By focusing on former president Trump and his MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters, the official said, the Bureau runs the risk of provoking the very anti-government activists that the terrorism agencies hope to counter.
"Especially at a time when the White House is facing Congressional Republican opposition claiming that the Biden administration has 'weaponized' the Bureau against the right wing, it has to tread very carefully," says the official.
Newsweek spoke to over a dozen current or former government officials who specialize in terrorism in a three-month investigation to understand the current domestic-security landscape and to evaluate what President Joe Biden's administration is doing about what it calls domestic terrorism. Most requested anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly, were reluctant to stray into partisan politics or feared repercussions of speaking frankly.
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Antifa only appears when a Republican in the White House.
It has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.
Xi’s got a ways that slipped across the border chuckle.
I’m just hoping there is no creepy initiation ceremony, like that scene in Animal House (‘Thank you Sir may I have another’).
I would not doubt it all, at all. They will try to take out Trump as well if the fake indictments fail.
I know a lot of Freepers disagree with me, but I believe 100% the DemoMarxist domestic enemy party (formerly known as the Democratic party) colluded with China to release Covid solely to get Trump out of office. It was their last resort after the Russia collusion hoax failed, and the two fake impeachments failed.
I can list the reasons for believing that such as the CIA paying analysts to lie about Covids origin (curious how fast that story was buried)........
And the fact that it came out right during an election year, that it got rid of everything the Democrats wanted - Trumps rallies, hurt Trumps good economy, gave them a reason to change election laws.
It was the biggest terror attack in human history, 7 million dead, a crime against humanity.
If they are willing to do that for power, they will do ANYTHING for power. This is why I call them the domestic enemy party and why I consider them leagues more dangerous towards this country than any middle east terror group and a bigger threat than China or Russia and those bastards are running things.
No. Not good. But I still stand in defiance.
Yep. Biden’s phone stunt a couple of days ago collected the location, phone#, and connected devices during an ‘emergency broadcast’. The only question is whether it affected phones that were turned off during the broadcast.
Nice! Far better than the RINO T-Shirt that says, “I used to have spine, now I’m just a Marxist tool.”
They can get that plate info with Satellites.
Ever been to a Gun Show in the last 40 years ? They have cameras set up at every entrance and exit.
If yes, You’re already in the multitude of Databases: Gun person, fedz watch list, Facial Recognition, No fly and The Got Nothing On Them Yet.
And the Databases are all interlinked.
Proof:
https://www.westernjournal.com/blms-mostly-peaceful-riots-cost-1000x-damage-jan-6-capitol-unrest/
https://thepostmillennial.com/blm-riot-damages-worst-in-history-totalling-over-2-billion
The cost of MAGA riots(?):
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/financial-cost-capitol-insurrection/
(I wonder why the DOD is only concerned about MAGA and not BLM and AntiFa?)
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot
(Funny how the original J6 damage estimate was $30 million and the was increased to nearly $1 billion. Sheesh, the Feds and MSM think we are really stupid.)
Arkin, who served in Army intelligence from 1974 to 1978 and is skilled at navigating classified files, was a very effective spy for the Soviets and Cubans during the Cold War before he discovered he could earn more money with less career risk working for leftists in the U.S. intelligence community; so yes, it’s likely he’s supporting an agenda here by distributing a strategic leak on behalf of his anonymous “source”. Arkin got his start at the Center for Defense Information (CDI: for a detailed discussion, see William Poole’s 1979 article, “The Anti-Defense Lobby Part 1: Center for Defense Information”: https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/the-anti-defense-lobby-part-1-center-defense-information; James Tyson’s later “Target America” and S. Steven Powell’s IPS expose “Covert Cadre” also have some useful information). CDI was an IPS project financed by the Fund for Peace, then being directed by left-wing financier Charles Stewart Mott, who was sort of a poorer version of George Soros and one of the deep pockets behind the Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern Presidential campaigns. CDI was cofounded by Gene La Rocque, a Naval officer who threw his support to Soviet-sponsored antiwar groups aligned with John Kerry’s VVAW upon his retirement in 1972; and Eugene Carroll, who remained a Naval officer until 1980. CDI’s partners included the World Peace Council, a prominent Soviet front. In collaboration with CDI and other left-wing groups, Arkin headed an IPS project called the Arms Race and Nuclear Weapons Research Project, which lobbied against funding for projects the Soviets didn’t want the U.S. building, such as the B-1 bomber and SDI. Toward this end, Arkin leaked classified material to Leslie Gelb of Pentagon Papers fame, revealing locations of U.S. military installations. The Reagan administration wanted to prosecute him for this; but after stints at left-wing fronts such as Greenpeace, the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists, and Human Rights Watch, he got picked up by NBC during the Clinton administration, leading to his current work for Newsweek as a conduit of leaks from select FBI sources.
PS: Arkin’s collaborator on the above, Richard Fieldhouse, got a position on the staff of Carl Levin and leveraged it into work for the Senate Armed Services Committee; today he runs a company called Insight Strategies, LLC that operates in the DC area.
PS: Arkin’s collaborator on the above, Richard Fieldhouse, got a position on the staff of Carl Levin and leveraged it into work for the Senate Armed Services Committee; today he runs a company called Insight Strategies, LLC that operates in the DC area.
Correction: I mentioned Charles Stewart Mott, but I was actually referring to his son Stewart R. Mott (Stewart Rawlings Mott), who was bankrolled by a fund named after his father.
You think MAGA is PO now?
Just wait until we steal another election and/or imprison or murder Trump!
More Comrade Arkin bullshit in Newsweak. The threat is from the Left and it’s Islamic allies from the old Soviet strategy known as the ‘”Red-Green Axis or Alliance”.
The big question is not whether Arkin is a far-left marxist-like enemy propagandist. It is WHO is he working FOR or WITH.
Go to www.keywiki.com and www.DiscoverTheNetWorks.org for more information.
Only a troll like you would post such an article from a corrupt news outlet like Newsweek
RE: Only a troll like you would post such an article from a corrupt news outlet like Newsweek
Are there FR rules that say:
1. We are not allowed to post anything from Newsweek?
2. We are not allowed to post items that you don’t like?
If such rules(s) exist, show me or report this post to the moderator.
No rules just an obvious observation
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