Latest in Domestic Terrorism
Domestic terrorism legislation is still useful—even if Jan. 6 rioters have been prosecuted without a federal law on the books.
How could prosecutors repurpose the federal kidnapping and hostage-taking statutes to improve investigations and prosecutions of border militias?
A former Select Committee investigative counsel explains how the extremist coalition that came together on January 6th began developing in the chaotic early months of 2020, long before Trump called on them to come to the Capitol.
A new report details how domestic violent extremist groups target members of the military and law enforcement.
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.
A summary of the GWU Program on Extremism report investigating critical infrastructure attacks from domestic violent extremists and homegrown violent extremists since 2016.
On June 7, the Department of Homeland Security released a national terrorism advisory warning that the country remains in a “heightened threat environment” amid a rise in domestic extremism threats in the United States.
To answer the question of whether the United States needs a new domestic terrorism statute, we first have to explore how well, if at all, seditious conspiracy is already performing as a substitute.
The 20th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Homeland Security looms in early 2023. What should the next Quadrennial Homeland Security Review study?
The threat landscape will require careful prioritization.