The government’s requests are aggressive and, extrapolating from judges’ previous sentencing practices, unlikely to be accepted in full ..read more

From additional granularity in the size and scope of the threat of domestic terrorism to a more forthcoming acknowledgement of its complexity, the new assessment represents a sea change in the U.S. counterterrorism appartus ..read more

Coverage of the incident seems to have downplayed the significance of a kidnapping attempt and possibly even an assassination attempt against the speaker of the House, the woman third in line to the presidency ..read more

A summary of the GWU Program on Extremism report investigating critical infrastructure attacks from domestic violent extremists and homegrown violent extremists since 2016 ..read more

On Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies will hold a hearing titled, "Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism in America: The Role and Response of DOJ." The subcommittee will hear testimony from Jill Sanborn, the assistant director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, and Brad Wiegmann, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's National Security Division ..read more

The report warns that lone offenders with easily with easily accessible weapons present the greatest terrorism threat to the United States ..read more

On Wednesday, May 12, at 10 a.m., the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on domestic violent extremism. The committee will hear testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.  ..read more

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released one of the most consequential national security reports you likely never heard of. Here are the main takeaways ..read more

What is the legal foundation of the No-Fly List and how does it fit into the government's arsenal ..read more

The 32-page government-wide strategy to counter draws on the assessment of the government’s efforts to address domestic terrorism that President Biden ordered on his first day in office in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.  ..read more