Extremists consider Capitol raid a success, UNO counterterrorism expert says

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Steve Liewer

The Trump-supporting extremist groups who led Wednesday’s raid on the U.S. Capitol are pleased with the results and likely to plan more such activities in the future, said the leader of a new counterterrorism center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

“How they’re portraying it on their channels is that this is a success,” said Gina Ligon, director of UNO’s National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center. “I think you’ll see more of this at the state level.”

The center was established at UNO last year with a $36.5 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security and includes more than 50 academics at universities across the country.

The center’s researchers routinely monitor the online communications of both foreign and domestic terror groups. Ligon said the Proud Boys, (a White-supremacist group) and the Oath Keepers (a far-right militia group) were both heavily involved in the raid. So were “accelerationist” groups, which believe in an imminent, apocalyptic race war, and are looking for signs that it has started.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Hell, the jihadists are probably watching this and taking notes.

[Thekaspervote]

2. As arrests continue, FBI hunting down every last rioter..let's check back in a couple of wks from

Now. Somehow I don’t think the story will be quite as rosy.

[Angrybob2001]

5. Getting caught isn't viewed as a failure

Usually they get useful idiots to be the meat shields anyways.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Yes, I'm sure..doesn't mean the feds aren't coming for them as well

Here’s just one more reason why their attempts will fail

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214863304

[FreepFryer]

3. Looking forward to their testimony, and I remind them of the veto override of FY 2021 NDAA...

...which may serve to permit their indefinite detention if required.

Just saying

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. National Security issues as laptop(s) were taken, emails read, correspondence taken, etc. . . . nt

[abqtommy]

6. It must be a success for many of the Fascists since lots of them got their pictures spread all over

the news!

[Nitram]

8. If we don't take heed of the implications, we are in for a far worse situation in the future.

We're lucky we had a warning in the form of a motley crew of morons on a revolutionary picnic.

[orangecrush]

9. They are going to get

The smirk wiped off their faces.