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And they did not have any heads up on this coming. so, you can obviously -- a very sophisticated police department, but not a lot of time. and they are concerned about how many people may show up to support the former president. and then counter protesters. sources familiar with the latest intelligence spoke to our simone prokupecz, who joins us now. and shimon, i know you've been talking about the concerns of tens of thousands, maybe 50,000 people showing up and just sort of converging upon that courthouse. are there specific concerns that authorities have? >> well, certainly it's the large n...

Us in this business is that there are individuals in positions of public trust, law enforcement, military, police chiefs, that were actually on that list. so, what we're combatting right now behind the scenes is radicalization actually within the ranks of law enforcement, retired military, and current military. i will also tell you that when i was in a position of monitoring these groups, the oath keepers and proud boys weren't our biggest threat, right. there are groups out there that you have not heard about that we will not talk about in this program that are far more dangerous, far more pr...

Enforcement, military, police chiefs, that were actually on that list. so, what we're combatting right now behind the scenes is radicalization actually within the ranks of law enforcement, retired military, and current military. i will also tell you that when i was in a position of monitoring these groups, the oath keepers and proud boys weren't our biggest threat, right. there are groups out there that you have not heard about that we will not talk about in this program that are far more dangerous, far more prepared, and they're not going to go out there and show themselves until it's time to...

And state and federal officials to make sure that we harden our infrastructure where that is necessary and work to prevent future damage. >> reporter: officials in moore county say they don't know who attacked the substations or why but the sheriff says whoever did it knew exactly what they were doing. >> i'm not going to jeopardize anything that might jeopardize the investigation but it was multiple shots. >> reporter: the attacks follow recent department of homeland security and fbi warnings of possible attacks on critical infrastructure. in 2020 far right plots were disrupted in both idaho ...

>> since 2020, we've seen a real uptick in shatter by accelerationist groups, those that want to topple the u.s. government, by ecoterrorist groups, but particularly by the right-wing neo-nazi movement, saying the power grid is the way to cause chaos. and their theory is that if you identify the key nodes and knock out one, and they divert power to the next one, and you not get the next one in the next one. >> shown here, a how to guide in a telegram channel by groups seeking to overthrow the u.s. government, featuring instructions on low tech attacks meant to bring chaos, including how to att...