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EXTREMISM & TERRORISM
··Understanding the New Violent Extremist
opensource intelligence reveals patterns of behavior
··Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Riot
Please increases the pressure on other Proud Boys charged in the attack
··Nihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers
Complex overlaps between non-ideologically driven, nihilistic, grievance-driven targeted violence and gang-related violence
··DHS Taps Key Architect of 9/11 Response to Oversee Domestic Counterterrorism Efforts
Nicholas Rasmussen will lead DHS’s broad campaign against domestic terrorism
··Talk of ‘Civil War,’ Ignited by Mar-a-Lago Search, Is Flaring Online
Twitter mentions of “civil war” had soared nearly 3,000 percent
··Violent Threats and Disinformation Have Officials Sounding Alarms Ahead of Midterms
U.S. authorities say that election denialism is a huge concern
··Lisa Smith’s Sentence for Being at ‘Lowest Level’ of Isis Terror Group Excessive, Court Told
Lawyer for former IS member said she went to Syria, “got married, kept house and that’s it”
··Seven States Continue to See Unusual Levels of Threats to Election Workers
Disturbingly high number of election threats to election workers in seven battleground states
··FBI Got Tip About Oath Keepers’ Plans for Armed Fight in November 2020
Oath Keepers began planning in November 2020 for armed assault on the Capitol
··In New Jersey ‘Hotbed’ for Extremists, Lawmakers Examine Spike in Antisemitic Incidents
Extremists flock to New Jersey
··Prosecution Says Oath Keepers ‘Concocted a Plan for Armed Rebellion’
More than a dozen members of the Oath Keepers advanced in military-style “stacks” into the Capitol Building
··US Supreme Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits
Families of terror victims in France, Turkey sue Google, Twitter, Facebook
··Future-Proofing the Internet from Radicalization & Extremist Content
How to create a safer digital world
··Islamic State Cell Plan to Attack Nazareth Muslim School Thwarted by Israeli Forces
IS terror plot against Israeli Arabs thwarted
··Lions and Crocodiles Killing ISIS Insurgents Fighting in Mozambique
Jihadists in Mozambique must cope with predators, not only with the security forces
MORE PICKS
··Ian is Florida’s Deadliest Hurricane since 1935. Most Victims Drowned.
Sixty percent of the nearly 90 victims for whom a cause of death has been provided drowned
··“Absolutely No Doubt” That Climate Intensified Current Drought
Global warming made drought that has gripped the Northern Hemisphere 20 times more likely
··Terror of the Golden State Killer Returns to California
Recent string of fatal shootings in the state feels all too familiar
··Helping Communities to Prepare for Disasters
DHS Coastal Resilience Center helps communities better prepare for disasters
··A New Era for Firearm Violence Prevention Research
Research will clarify many unanswered questions about firearm violence and prevention
··Malicious Cyber Activity Against Election Infrastructure Unlikely to Disrupt or Prevent Voting
No evidence to date that cyberactivity has compromised the integrity, registration, casting, accuracy, or counting of votes
··Army Climate Plan Relies on Technology That Doesn’t Exist Yet
The Pentagon’s climate plan depends on technology that does not yet exists
··Ian Sinks Florida ‘Dome Home’ Built to Survive Hurricanes
Hurricane Ian sinks Cape Romano’s Dome Home, a forebear of hurricane readiness
··The Biden Administration Is Quietly Completing Bits of Donald Trump’s Wall
The border is more than a political problem for Democrats: It is an actual problem
··Plan to Secure Open Source Software Involves Agencies Using More of It
Guiding agencies toward—not away from—using and contributing to open source code libraries
··The United States Isn’t Ready for the New Phase of Climate Change
Washington needs a national adaptation strategy
··More Americans Are Moving into Hurricane Zones Even as Climate Risks Mount
More people are moving to the Southeast, putting themselves in harm’s way
··Future Borders 2030: From Vision to Reality
Border security technology is in an era of compressed transformation
··New Report Shows Significant Improvement in Consumer Cyber Hygiene
Consumers are doing more to improve their cybersecurity
··Deadly Heat Dome Was a 1-in-10,000-Year Event
Last year’s Pacific Northwest heat disaster occur just once every 10,000 years
··Did a 1982 Book Predict America’s Decline?
The book shows how small groups can undermine broader prosperity
··U.S. Said to Plan New Limits on China’s A.I. and Supercomputing Firms
Cutting off China’s access to advanced semiconductor technology
··The U.S. Has a Microchip Problem. Safeguarding Taiwan Is the Solution.
Taiwan manufactures most of the world’s microchips, including about 92 percent of all advanced microchips
EXTREMISM & TERRORISM
Understanding the New Violent Extremist (Police1)
How open-source intelligence can uncover patterns and behaviors and gain insights that help protect communities.
Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Riot (Associated Press)
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday of plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.
Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob’s attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a federal prosecutor said.
Bertino’s cooperation could increase the pressure on other Proud Boys charged in the siege, including former national chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio.
The guilty plea comes as the founder of another extremist group, the Oath Keepers, and four associates charged separately in the January 6 attack stand trial on a seditious conspiracy charge — a rarely used Civil War era offense that calls for up to 20 years behind bars.
Nihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers (Sammie Wicks, GNET)
In 2022, public mass shootings continue to present a serious societal challenge in the US. This year has already experienced over 500 mass shootings. These incidents include gang shootings, disputes at bars and clubs, and what is frequently referred to as incidents of targeted violence. Targeted violence incidents such as school shootings are often viewed differently than other forms of instrumental violence, such as premeditated gang violence. However, the separation between these incidents is not as clear as is sometimes presented. Although some argue that domestic extremists and gang members are vastly different, recent research indicates that some domestic extremists (although less than 6%) have at some point been involved with criminal gangs. This is further complicated by the complexities in defining what some extremist groups are, especially domestic hate-based organizations that are sometimes described as gangs, such as the Proud Boys. Additionally, gang prevention strategies often influence preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) and targeted violence prevention efforts in the US. (Cont.)
