FBI warns conspiracy theories new domestic terrorism threat, page-2

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FBIdocumentwarnsconspiracytheoriesareanewdomesticterrorismthreat
TheFBIforthefirsttimehasidentifiedfringeconspiracytheoriesasadomesticterroristthreat,accordingtoapreviouslyunpublicizeddocumentobtainedbyYahooNews.(Readthedocumentbelow.)

TheFBIintelligencebulletinfromthebureau’sPhoenixfieldoffice,datedMay30,2019,describes“conspiracytheory-drivendomesticextremists,”asagrowingthreat,andnotesthatitisthefirstsuchreporttodoso.Itlistsanumberofarrests,includingsomethathaven’tbeenpublicized,relatedtoviolentincidentsmotivatedbyfringebeliefs.


ThedocumentspecificallymentionsQAnon,ashadowynetworkthatbelievesinadeepstateconspiracyagainstPresidentTrump,andPizzagate,thetheorythatapedophileringincludingClintonassociateswasbeingrunoutofthebasementofaWashington,D.C.,pizzarestaurant(whichdidn’tactuallyhaveabasement).

“TheFBIassessestheseconspiracytheoriesverylikelywillemerge,spread,andevolveinthemoderninformationmarketplace,occasionallydrivingbothgroupsandindividualextremiststocarryoutcriminalorviolentacts,”thedocumentstates.ItalsogoesontosaytheFBIbelievesconspiracytheory-drivenextremistsarelikelytoincreaseduringthe2020presidentialelectioncycle.


FBIdesignatesPizzagateandQAnonconspiracy-basedtheoriesasdomesticthreats.(Photoillustration:YahooNews;photos:MichaelE.Miller/TheWashingtonPostviaGettyImages,MattRourke/AP,AP)
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TheFBIsaidanotherfactordrivingtheintensityofthisthreatis“theuncoveringofrealconspiraciesorcover-upsinvolvingillegal,harmful,orunconstitutionalactivitiesbygovernmentofficialsorleadingpoliticalfigures.”TheFBIdoesnotspecifywhichpoliticalleadersorwhichcover-upsitwasreferringto.

PresidentTrumpismentionedbynamebrieflyinthelatestFBIdocument,whichnotesthattheoriginsofQAnonistheconspiratorialbeliefthat“Q,”allegedlyagovernmentofficial,“postsclassifiedinformationonlinetorevealacoverteffort,ledbyPresidentTrump,todismantleaconspiracyinvolving‘deepstate’actorsandglobalelitesallegedlyengagedinaninternationalchildsextraffickingring.”



https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-documents-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-160000507.html

I was just composing a similar post. You beat me by 10 minutes.

These are the last two paragraphs in the report;

"Snyder, the former Homeland Security official, agrees that conspiracy theories may in fact inspire violence and be a threat, but questions what the government is going to do about it.

He notes that at the Department of Homeland Security, “nearly all, if not all, the intelligence analysts focusing on domestic extremist groups” were eliminated under the Trump administration. “There is no one there doing this,” he said."