As the FBI scrambles to investigate domestic terrorism, questions are being raised as to whether the bureau is doing enough to identify and stop murderous plots by home-grown fanatics with no ties to foreign terrorist organizations.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray assured Congress last month that his agents were aggressively combating domestic terror threats from a broad array of extremist groups.But the bureau is now scrambling to investigate domestic terrorism on two fronts — a mass shooting in Gilroy, Calif.
Overall, FBI agents have arrested more suspects in domestic terrorism investigations in the last three years than in probes with an international nexus — 355 people versus 310. The FBI did not provide a breakdown of charges lodged against the suspects, or the status of their cases. “If they keep to themselves, how do you uncover that?” asked Joseph Persichini Jr., a former top FBI agent. “Most of these recent gunmen, if not all of them, are very independent.”
Justice Department rules govern the conduct of investigations that might involve free speech rights. Agents can’t launch an inquiry into a white supremacist for spewing racist bile — the suspect must first commit a crime, such as plotting an attack, officials said.
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