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Eugene

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Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:11 PM Jun 2014

U.S. revives group to fight homegrown extremists

Source: Reuters

U.S. revives group to fight homegrown extremists

BY JULIA EDWARDS
WASHINGTON Tue Jun 3, 2014 1:56pm EDT

(Reuters) - The United States is re-establishing a law enforcement group to fight those it designates as domestic terrorists, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Following hate-motivated shootings such as the one at a Jewish Community Center in Kansas City, Missouri in April, federal prosecutors have pressed the need to coordinate intelligence about such criminals on a national level, Justice Department officials told Reuters.

In a statement, Attorney General Eric Holder said the United States remains concerned about threats from Islamic extremist groups, but other motives for attacks within U.S. borders must also be watched.

"We must also concern ourselves with the continued danger we face from individuals within our own borders who may be motivated by a variety of other causes from anti-government animus to racial prejudice," Holder said in announcing the group, named the Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/us-usa-security-homegrown-idUSKBN0EE1R420140603
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U.S. revives group to fight homegrown extremists (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2014 OP
I'm afraid where this might be going.... PeoViejo Jun 2014 #1
yeah, me too nt Leme Jun 2014 #2
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