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As Trump Leaves Office, Duke Experts Warn of White Supremacists' Lasting Threat A promotion for one of two recent panel discussions In response to a coup attempt on behalf of Donald Trump, Duke University experts have participated in a series of virtual discussions about the threats of white supremacy, threat of insurrection, and domestic terrorism. “Anytime you have a mob willing to overpower and injure people to get inside the Capitol to overwhelm and harm Congressional representatives, American democracy has a problem,” said Duke historian Adriane Lentz-Smith, who participa...

>> i think it was a valuable lesson for her that she needed to make sure she exercised pretty strong controls over the institutional operations of the department. >> duke university professor david shansor, director of the triangle center on terrorism and homeland security said her legacy is strongest in the federal response to national disasters, tornadoes in joplin, missouri, moore, oklahoma, and superstorm sandy. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> sorry to interrupt our own piece there, but jurors in george zimmerman's murder trial have only been deliberating for about two hours and they alre...

Bomber and the northern virginia five. law enforcement officials depend upon those relationships. a recent report by the muslim public affairs council stated that information provided by muslim-americans has helped to foil seven domestic terror plots and 40% of all plots since 9/11. a 2011 study from duke university triangle center on terrorism reiterated 40% of the domestic terror plots that have been prevented with the aid of the muslim-american community. in this cooperation with law enforcement is rooted in relationships and trust, relationships we should nurture. a witness at today's hear...

>> the stats say yes. if you look at the five gentlemen that tried go from virginia, maryland area to pakistan to fight in some holy war, it was muslim americans who reported them. if you want to talk about the shahzad who tried blow up the bomb in times square, niasi, one of the people who reported it. there are times -- occasion after occasion, that's why i think the strategy should be to engage the community. don't frighten the community. engage the community and help -- say look, we embrace you as fellow americans and let's hold hands and meet the security challenge. >> i want to this poin...

Helpful as they can when it comes to dealing with law enforcement? do you think they have been as helpful as they can? >> the stats say yes. as a matter of fact, if you look at these five gentleman that tried to go from virginia-maryland area to pakistan to fight in some holy war it was muslim americans who actually reported them. if you want to talk about the guy who tried to blow up that bomb in times square, a muslim was one of the people who reported it. there are occasion after occasion. that's why i think the strategy should be to engage the community, don't frighten the community, engag...