From Oklahoma City to Jan. 6: How the US government failed to stop the rise of domestic extremism

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From @USATODAY: From Oklahoma City to Jan. 6: How the US government failed to stop the rise of domestic extremism
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Prioritized international terrorism, even as deaths linked to domestic terrorism were rising.

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From Oklahoma City to Jan. 6: How the US government failed to stop the rise of domestic extremism
For decades prior to the Jan. 6 insurrection, officials prioritized international terrorism, even as deaths linked to domestic terrorism were rising.
usatoday.com
9:45 AM · Dec 30, 2021

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When FBI Special Agent Brian Murphy returned from an overseas posting in 2011, he expected his desk job in Pittsburgh to be far from the front lines of the U.S. war on terrorism.

Instead, he found that western Pennsylvania was a hot spot of another terror war of sorts, one involving formidable homegrown foes: white supremacists, anti-government militias and right-wing extremists.

That year, a young neo-Nazi was convicted of ambushing police in the working-class neighborhood of Stanton Heights, killing three officers and wounding another in a four-hour firefight.

Authorities also were investigating various militias and survivalist groups, including in rural areas northwest of Pittsburgh where six people were arrested three years earlier for allegedly stockpiling assault rifles, homemade bombs and a flamethrower to incite a race war.

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[Runningdawg]

1. Elohim City a church/militia that trained McVeigh is still here.

One guy served a couple years on a weapons charge and that was it. Only now, they have competition. Along the OK/MO/AR border there are dozens of them in plain sight and even more in the shadows. One mega-church in Tulsa bragged it took 3 busloads to 1-6. Right next to many bibles in OK you will find The Turner Diaries. In OK, they are ready for the next crusade.