Just as the FBI invented a new class of domestic terrorists in 2009 called “American Islamic Extremists,” the FBI long ago embraced a new class of domestic terrorists called “eco-terrorists.” A wide range of groups, from the Humane Society to the Animal Liberation Front, have been confla...
Lois Romano
The reason is that the court found that the BIA misstated one of the petitioner’s particular social groups, such that (according to the circuit court): In sum, the BIA rejected a PSG of its own devising and not the social group Ferreira advanced. Its characterization substantively altered ...
U.S. Homeland Security Studying How to Track Travel of Suspected Domestic Extremists More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A far-right militia member carries a weapon as various militia groups stage rallies at the Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. August 15, 2020....
The nation is deeply divided, its political system polarized. Getting counterterrorism wrong could make the situation worse. The challenge is to isolate and contain violent extremists without turning them into political martyrs or half the country into enemies of the state. That could require a ret...
The Countering Extremism Working Group’s first order of business is to come up with an actionable definition of extremism, which will update acurrent Defense Department instructionthat allows for membership in known extremist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan or Proud Boys, as long as one isn...
Meanwhile, Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is working on "legal mechanisms" that would enable domestic terrorist organizations to be treated like those on the State Department's list of foreign extremist groups, his spokeswoman Maria Jeffrey said in an email. ...
Let us begin with the formal ruling by a federal judge, in favor of two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jewish congregants, and against liberal extremists, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, for supporting and encouraging protesters and rioters, while ...
“There’s a tendency to use the office’s power to paint political opponents—be they left-wing demonstrators or QAnon truthers—as extremists and dangerous. This has had a disastrous impact on morale—most people don’t join the Intelligence Community to monitor their fellow Americans’ ...
Critical events in the life trajectories of domestic extremist white supremacist groups: A case study analysis of four violent organizations. Criminology & Public Policy. This issue.Freilich, Joshua D., Steven M. Chermak, and David Caspi. 2009. Critical events in the life trajectories of domestic...