Exclusive: White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priori
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)White House officials rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats, such as those from white supremacists, a greater priority as specifically spelled out in the National Counterterrorism Strategy, current and former senior administration officials as well as other sources close to the Trump administration tell CNN.
"Homeland Security officials battled the White House for more than a year to get them to focus more on domestic terrorism," one senior source close to the Trump administration tells CNN. "The White House wanted to focus only on the jihadist threat which, while serious, ignored the reality that racial supremacist violence was rising fast here at home. They had major ideological blinders on."
The National Counterterrorism Strategy, issued last fall, states that "Radical Islamist terrorists remain the primary transnational terrorist threat to the United States and its vital national interests," which few experts dispute. What seems glaring to these officials is the minimizing of the threat of domestic terrorism, which they say was on their radar as a growing problem.
"Ultimately the White House just added one paragraph about domestic terrorism as a throw-away line," a senior source involved in the discussion told CNN. That paragraph mentions "other forms of violent extremism, such as racially motivated extremism, animal rights extremism, environmental extremism, sovereign citizen extremism, and militia extremism." It made no mention of white supremacists. (A separate paragraph in the report mentions investigating domestic terrorists with connections to overseas terrorists, but that does not seem to be a reference to white supremacists.)
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/politics/white-house-domestic-terrorism/index.html
cstanleytech
(26,236 posts)be opposed to be officially called what they are.
truthisfreedom
(23,140 posts)Fearless leader has gone way out of his way to keep from offending the delicate sensibilities of his hooded base.
lark
(23,061 posts)He does it always and he does it on purpose and would totally lie if questioned, but he knows in his heart he is 100% fascist just like his dad who was either part of or at least stood with the KKK and participated in their marches.
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)duforsure
(11,884 posts)By de-funding the agency trying to knee cap them going after them speaks volumes against what red donnie claims. Ignore what he says, and watch what he does, its always the opposite of his claims.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Of course they don't want to combat it.
bucolic_frolic
(43,056 posts)oasis
(49,328 posts)oasis
(49,328 posts)All I can say is !