Governments generally see nationalist extremist groups as a problem for domestic law enforcement and security agencies to confront. In the United States, that responsibility falls principally to the FBI. But as a routine matter, the countries’ intelligence services are not exchanging information. That effort may face resistance from President Trump, who has downplayed the threat from white nationalism in the United States and abroad. “We probably don’t know what we don’t know in terms of some of these international connections” among domestic groups, Rasmussen added.

Source: Washington Post March 16, 2019 14:28 UTC