), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wrote to senior law enforcement officials this week seeking a briefing from law enforcement officials. The congressman’s request comes amid a growing public debate over whether federal law enforcement is too focused on Islamic terrorism and not paying enough attention to the rise in far right-wing extremism. In the 2017 budget year, FBI investigations led to the arrest of about 150 domestic terrorism suspects, according to law enforcement officials. And while the number of such arrests fell last year, the senior law enforcement official emphasized that, overall, more domestic terrorism suspects are being arrested. About one in four counterterrorism arrests are made by state and local authorities — not the FBI, the senior law enforcement official said.

Source: Washington Post March 15, 2019 16:18 UTC