U.S. eyes ways to toughen fight against domestic extremists

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

U.S. eyes ways to toughen fight against domestic extremists

Reuters
By Julia Harte, Julia Edwards and Andy Sullivan
4 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is considering legal changes to combat what it sees as a rising threat from domestic anti-government extremists, senior officials told Reuters, even as it steps up efforts to stop Islamic State-inspired attacks at home.

Extremist groups motivated by a range of U.S.-born philosophies present a "clear and present danger," John Carlin, the Justice Department's chief of national security, told Reuters in an interview. “Based on recent reports and the cases we are seeing, it seems like we’re in a heightened environment.”

Over the past year, the Justice Department has brought charges against domestic extremist suspects accused of attempting to bomb U.S. military bases, kill police officers and fire bomb a school and other buildings in a predominantly Muslim town in New York state.

But federal prosecutors tackling domestic extremists still lack an important legal tool they have used extensively in dozens of prosecutions against Islamic State-inspired suspects: a law that prohibits supporting designated terrorist groups.


Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/u-eyes-ways-toughen-fight-against-domestic-extremists-060402478.html

[Live and Learn]

1. I see more excuses to put more Americans in prison. nt

[Mojorabbit]

7. Yes. It all depends on who gets to define extremist doesn't it? nt

[Solly Mack]

2. hmmm

[newfie11]

3. Maybe stop the bombing and wars.

[annabanana]

4. Jeez! I thought this was going to be about the Bundy cabal.

THAT'S what I first think of when I hear "domestic terrorism".

[winter is coming]

6. I thought it would be about the Republican primaries.

[lark]

5. Duh!

Treat them like the terrorists they are and stop excusing them!!