U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

2020 U.S. ELECTIONS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 10:23 AM UPDATED 13 MINUTES AGO

U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid what one official called a “witch’s brew” of rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns.

FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos say threats by domestic extremists to election-related targets will likely increase in the run-up to the Nov. 3 election.

Those warnings so far have largely remained internal. But New Jersey’s homeland security office took the unusual step of publicly highlighting the threat in a little-noticed report on its website last week.

“You have this witch’s brew that really hasn’t happened in America’s history. And if it has, it’s been decades if not centuries,” said Jared Maples, director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, which published the threat assessment.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-extremists/u-s-intelligence-reports-warn-of-extremist-threat-around-election-idUSKBN26K2J7

[Walleye]

1. Election day riots are the hallmark of a banana republic

[Newest Reality]

2. Gee. Isn't that freeking obvious???

[lagomorph777]

3. It's already happening: ISIS-style vehicular attacks, shootings, gassings by the Stazi.

Not exactly news anymore.

[Mike 03]

4. Kicking. They are especially fearful of lone wolves, which is logical but also

a relief compared with the specter of organized militia violence.

The memo said that lone offender white supremacists and other lone offenders with “personalized ideologies” pose the greatest threat of deadly violence.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Makes a compelling argument for voting early

Another compelling argument, I should say. Avoid long lines, potential bad weather on Election Day, exposure to mask holes, etc. Now it’s domestic terrorism.