The FBI has 2,700 active investigations into alleged “domestic terrorism,” which amounts to more than twice the typical number of cases, counterterrorism officials said last week. The report comes amid growing concerns that the Biden administration’s focus on “domestic terrorism” is politically motivated.
In an interview with The Washington Times on Saturday, Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) said the counterterrorism and counterintelligence panel of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is concerned that the FBI, CIA and NSA could all “be turned inward to target U.S. citizens without a foreign nexus.”
“You have people that are ramping up the rhetoric on domestic violent extremism … to sort of make the case for and essentially justify the misuse, potentially, of intelligence assets that are specifically authorized for foreign threats,” Crawford said.
