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Radicalized by a certain type of ideology in the post-9/11 landscape, it was a radical islamist ideology. and in the threat landscape today in the homeland, its of a domestic nature across the ideological spectrum. so the work of countering extremism or preventing violence or ideologically motivated attacks, the work that ive been applying in my time, both in the federal government previously and outside the government now is really one that brings community and the federal government and state ...

Department of homeland security, im youre use to get your thoughts about whether or not you think authorities are handling this at the level that they should be, and whether they have enough resources, and just this threat, but obviously, the increased threat that weve seen throughout the country? >> one of the things that the federal government learned, in my time at the department of justice, homeland security, and serving on the white house national security council staff is that the business...

Out there more than they were. i maean, congressman, the adl says in 2021 anti-semitic attacks were at an all time high in the united states. more than 2,700 attacks were reported that year. what is behind this jump? >> well, youre right about the number, and the survey that ajc just put out on anti-semitism shows that 90% of the american people as well as 90% of the jewish community, but 90% of the american people think that anti-semitism is a major concern. its a risk. thats the reason that ov...

Youve seen that from the fbi and from the department of justice, putting more of their agents and analysts and prosecutors in doj onto these issues of domestic violent extremism. theyre creating domestic extremism task forces in different places around the country. youre going to have more folks focusing on the problem, which gives us a better opportunity to mitigate these threats as they pop up. >> andrew mccabe and john miller. guys, thank you very, very much. next hour, by the way, ill speak ...

Youve got all of those. but including, you know, qanon conspiracy theories. almost 100% of them have that thread of anti-semitism running through them. and while thats always been there under the surface where people who would find like-minded anti-semites, the problem that has brought it to the surface is in these chat rooms, in social media, in places like telegram where they can find each other in large numbers, it has now become normalized in a way we havent seen at any time before. and if y...

A lot of people have a lot of explaining to do over this one.

In 2021, up 34% from the year before. and that area is a predominantly jewish neighborhood. how do you go about ensuring that your community is safe? >> yeah, youre right. i think the adl is citing data that jews in los angeles already know and feel. theres been a troubling rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country, here in l.a., theyre getting more violent. last year was the highest on record for hate crimes in l.a. and we know that three-quarters of all religious hate crimes are perpetra...

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>> im a point, i have to tell, you i was pretty stunned to see some of the results of the new anti-defamation league survey. it was released earlier this month. and the numbers are stunning. you talk about the historic context and where we are right now. just for part of it -- the survey found that the percentage of americans who believe in antisemitic tropes has actually spiked in the last three years. thats 85% that now believe that in at least one anti jewish trope, compared to 61% in 2019. w...

I mean i get facebook, you do you. but the threat environment, the adl report out i think about ten days ago now has a precipitous rise in anti-semitic violence and threats. there is a rise in hate crimes against asian american communities all across our country. there is a rise in the threat of political violence that has local law enforcement and prosecutors on edge, so say local prosecutors and local police departments. and trump has become if you can believe this again, im not going to read ...