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elevator

(415 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:12 PM Jan 2021

It appears to me that there is going to need to be a concerted effort

over the next several years to infiltrate these rightwing organizations. Using former sympathizers and agents of various government entities will be necessary to do the type of dangerous, long term work this situation requires. Most criminal organizations, radical political movements and even legitimate governments have been compromised by dedicated people working from within these groups. The Israelis are masters of this type of espionage.

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It appears to me that there is going to need to be a concerted effort (Original Post) elevator Jan 2021 OP
Police and fbi has probably already infiltrated those groups unblock Jan 2021 #1
police were part of them from the beginning. lastlib Jan 2021 #3
And a lot of people who got rejected unblock Jan 2021 #4
What a mess! KPN Jan 2021 #2
Interesting article in the NYT today on funding frazzled Jan 2021 #5

unblock

(52,253 posts)
1. Police and fbi has probably already infiltrated those groups
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jan 2021

Then again, many of these groups have infiltrated the police and fbi as well,.....

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
5. Interesting article in the NYT today on funding
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:42 PM
Jan 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html?searchResultPosition=1

Just as Twitter and Facebook have had to shut down individuals and groups, sites like GoFundMe and others that raise money for these groups and actions will have to be removed. The whole Internet needs a reboot.

And then there are organizations such as SPLC and ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense, who can work to bring civil cases against these far-right groups that can bankrupt them.

All of this, combined with FBI surveillance and DoJ criminal action will have to be employed. It will take a long, long time. Minimally, they can be driven far underground.
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