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Trump allies say FBI failed to stop New Orleans attack due to focus on white supremacy
Raw StoryIn the aftermath of the ISIS-inspired terror attack committed by a man who plowed his truck through a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers and killed 14 people in New Orleans, some of Donald Trump’s allies have suggested the FBI failed to prevent the attack because the agency was too focused on white supremacist investigations. Elizabeth Neumann, who served as assistant secretary for threat prevention and security policy at the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration, told Raw Story that Guilfoyle and Bannon’s conclusions about the New Orleans attack ignore the data on terrorist acts committed on U.S. soil and what researchers know about what is most effective in disrupting terror attacks. In a Homeland Threat Assessment released in October 2020, Wolfe declared that “domestic violent extremism is a threat to the homeland.” He added that he was “particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years.” While the FBI has recalibrated to meet the threat posed by white supremacists, Lewis said it’s not as though the agency ever stopped investigating Islamic extremists. Lewis said 10 ISIS supporters were arrested in the United States last year, and the FBI has “made it clear that ISIS is an enduring homegrown threat,” adding that “law enforcement is more than capable of fighting numerous forms of violent extremism simultaneously.” Regardless of whether it’s white supremacy or radical Islam, Neumann said if law enforcement is only focused on ideology, they’ll miss the opportunity to disrupt terror plots. Noting the commonalities of factors such as job loss, divorce and addiction among terrorists, she said that the motivation for terrorism often “boils down to loss of significance and belonging.” While it’s “quite frightening” to witness the first jihadi-inspired attack in five years, Neumann said, “If we want to stop this, we have to focus on what all the research tells us — that we need to build the capability for bystanders to recognize there are concerning signs and get that person into appropriate care and treatment.” NOW READ: Sanctioning of global white supremacist terrorism group rattles U.S. extremist members
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Sanctioning of global white supremacist terrorism group rattles U.S. extremist members
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