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James Lindsay, agnostic‏ @ConceptualJames 13 Aug 2021

Potential terror threats: Opposition to COVID measures

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Jack Posobiec  ‏Verified account @JackPosobiec 14 Aug 2021

They are referring to anti-lockdown protesters as terrorists in public now

https://archive.ph/lnEfN https:// www. aljazeera. com/news/2021/8/13/us-security-agency-warns-of-heightened-domestic-terrorism-risk

COVID rules could be ‘catalyst’ for domestic ‘terrorists’: US

Department of Homeland Security issues new advisory identifying threats posed by groups engaged in ‘grievance-base violence’.

The United States Department of Homeland Security is warning that tensions over new COVID-19 restrictions may be seen as a reason for 'extremists' to conduct violent attacks [Mike Stewart/AP Photo]

By Al Jazeera Staff 13 Aug 2021

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday warned of a “heightened” domestic threat from violent “extremists” motivated by new COVID-19 restrictions as well as by anti-government ideology being shared online.

“These extremists may seek to exploit the emergence of COVID-19 variants by viewing the potential re-establishment of public health restrictions across the United States as a rationale to conduct attacks,” the DHS bulletin said.

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Date Issued:  Friday, August 13, 2021 02:00 pm ET View as PDF:  National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - August 13, 2021 (pdf, 2 page, 234.89KB)

Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland

Additional Details

• Through the remainder of 2021, racially- or ethnically-motivated violent extremists (RMVEs) and anti-government/anti-authority violent extremists will remain a national threat priority for the United States. These extremists may seek to exploit the emergence of COVID-19 variants by viewing the potential re-establishment of public health restrictions across the United States as a rationale to conduct attacks.  Pandemic-related stressors have contributed to increased societal strains and tensions, driving several plots by domestic violent extremists, and they may contribute to more violence this year.

• Foreign and domestic threat actors, to include foreign intelligence services, international terrorist groups and domestic violent extremists, continue to introduce, amplify, and disseminate narratives online that promote violence, and have called for violence against elected officials, political representatives, government facilities, law enforcement, religious communities or commercial facilities, and perceived ideologically-opposed individuals. There are also continued, non-specific calls for violence on multiple online platforms associated with DVE ideologies or conspiracy theories on perceived election fraud and alleged reinstatement, and responses to anticipated restrictions relating to the increasing COVID cases.

• Ideologically motivated violent extremists fueled by personal grievances and extremist ideological beliefs continue to derive inspiration and obtain operational guidance through the consumption of information shared in certain online communities. This includes information regarding the use of improvised explosive devices and small arms.

• Violent extremists may use particular messaging platforms or techniques to obscure operational indicators that provide specific warning of a pending act of violence.