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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Introduced without any announcement, and reported here for the first time, the new classification is officially defined as "domestic violent extremists who cite anti-government or anti-authority motivations for violence or criminal activity not otherwise defined, such as individuals motivated by a desire to commit violence against those with a real or perceived association with a specific political party or faction of a specific political party." -NewsweekTrump or MAGA aren't directly mentioned in the official description of AGAAVE-Other, however "government insiders acknowledge that it applies to political violence ascribed to the former president's supporters."
Pretty good chance some of us will slip under the radar. /s
I hope the Secret Service has their very best people on Biden. I would tell them double the detail
Biden is dead weight on the Democrat candidates everywhere. They cannot dumb him because then Harris is next. Harris is even more unpopular currently. They cannot dump Harris without losing the black woman vote which is a critical component of their voter base.
It would be really useful to the Democrat party political machine if something were to happen to Biden. Especially if they have a “MAGA Extremist” they can blame it on. That would immediacy off set Harris unlikability issue just like killing Kennedy’s handed LBJ a landslide in 1964 due to the “sympathy vote”.
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“””it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.”””
In other words, Republican voters supporting the GOP former President running for reelection.
Well sounds like a 1st class list to be on..I myself think they better have all their agents out in the field monitoring us..I think they will make great feedback for the Hogs.
They already had such a category even as Trump was in office.
They’re just admitting to it now.
Count me in, FBI.
I’m one!
“But the Bureau must also preserve the Constitutional right of all Americans to campaign, speak freely and protest the government.”
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Since when have they ever allowed the Constitution to get in the way of their agenda?
Must be a new tactic?
The problem is that there will be events that are made up of whole cloth, and trotted out as evidence that cracked heads are reasonable. This doesn’t sound good.
80+ million Trump voters as compared to a few thousand fbi jack boots.
...I don’t think the MAGA folks are the extremists.
I think they did it as far back as the Tea Party Days.
Rumors going they were taking pictures of plates at rallies.
Dear Feds who monitor these threads, please put me on your list. It would be an honor and o e I will try and deserve
Sincerely
Grayson Beard
I remember that.
I think MAGA is supposed to perceive this government ‘concern’ as a threat - a warning that supporting Trump entails risk of abuse from the ‘agencies’.
a landslide in 1964 due to the “sympathy vote”.
LBJ carried South Dakota..the second democrat to do so
So the majority of Americans are on the FBI terrorist list.
Everyone is on the list. Not just the majority
“Show me the man, I’ll find you the crime.” from Stalin’s secret police chief Beria.
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