Domestic terrorists pose an “elevated” threat to the country, according to an intelligence report released Wednesday. It defined domestic violent extremists as people operating in the U.S. without direction or inspiration from foreign terrorist networks. The number of the FBI’s domestic terrorism investigations has doubled to 2,000 since September. Arrests on charges related to domestic terrorism have also jumped by nearly 70% to 180 in the most recent fiscal year. President Biden, who has spoken forcefully against such hate crimes as recently as Wednesday, had ordered the intelligence report on extremism soon after his inauguration.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 17, 2021 23:30 UTC