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no bull and the aftermath.

Like the reference to anti-immigration motivation on the part of some of these groups, a clear

reference to the El Paso mass shooting in 2019.

The issues that got us here have been brewing for really years now and this is entirely

predictable, which I think really shines a spotlight on why now, why January, why right

after the capital attack and really more relevant where was this a year ago.

I'm David Priss and this is the LawFair podcast February 1st, 2021.

On January 27th, the Department of Homeland Security issued an unusual national terrorism

advisory system bulletin, unusual because it addressed solely the heightened threat environment

of violence from domestic violent extremists with no mention of foreign terrorist organizations

or even the word terrorism.

It's a striking document both for what it describes and for what it leaves unsaid.

I sat down in the virtual jungle studio with the A team of folks to hit all sides of

this.

First, Kerry Cordero, former counsel to the National Security Division at the Department of Justice

and senior associate general counsel at the office of the director of national intelligence.

Andy McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, Elizabeth Newman, former deputy chief

of staff to the secretary of Homeland Security and assistant secretary for threat prevention

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