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Slotkin asks Biden administration to label foreign white supremacists as terrorists
Updated Apr 09, 1:02 PM;
Posted Apr 09, 1:02 PM
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland , Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 on Capitol Hill Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)AP
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, is asking the Biden administration to designate overseas white supremacists as foreign terrorist organizations, giving the American government more tools to check their influence.
Slotkin identified 13 groups in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top national security and justice officials in the Biden administration. The Michigan congresswoman, who serves as chair on the House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, also asked what responsibilities the U.S. has in helping the Canadian government track members of The Proud Boys an
An endless game of whack-a-mole? The efficacy of proscribing extreme-right groups is debated. How to keep ahead of their evolution is also challenging.
Extremist groups globally have demonstrated the ability to disband and reform, described as a “hive” structure (Annie Spratt/Unsplash) Published 4 Mar 2021 14:00 0 Comments
According to recent media reports, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has received a recommendation from Australia’s domestic security agency ASIO to formally proscribe UK-based extreme-right group Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) as a “terrorist organisation”. This recommendation comes hot on the heels of the British government’s proscription of the group and of their offshoot, the System Resistance Network (SRN), on 28 February.
Membership in the UK-based Sonnenkrieg Division, or helping it financially, will be outlawed; domestic spy agency has sounded alarm over similar outfits