January 6-Inspired Domestic Terrorism Could Threaten U.S. for Next Two Decades

During a hearing for the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee last week, congressional leaders heard from counterterrorism experts on the domestic terrorism threat in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. “Sadly, I do believe that we will be fighting domestic terrorism that has its roots and inspiration points from January 6 for the next 10 to 20 years,” said Elizabeth Neumann, former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy in the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. Christopher Rodriguez, director of the District of Columbia’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, also attended the hearing, and at one point stated, ““What should concern us now in 2021 is that the current manifestation of these movements is so insidious because while in the past they existed on the fringes of society, they are becoming rapidly part of the cultural mainstream.” To help address these threats he stressed the importance of information sharing, among other measures. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and Brian Michael Jenkins, a senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corporation, also attended and provided remarks during the event. Read the article at Homeland Security Today.