Domestic Terrorists Organizing Online Are ‘Real Threat,’ DOJ Warns

WASHINGTON — Just like the Islamic State, radical domestic hate groups can use social media to spread messages and inspire attacks in the United States, a top counterterrorism official said Wednesday.

Domestic terrorism is a “real threat” that “demands to be addressed in new and creative ways,” John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, said at an event at George Washington University on Wednesday. With the nation’s focus on Islamic extremists since the Sept. 11 attacks, domestic extremism “doesn’t get discussed as much as it should,” Carlin said.

However, “over the past few years, more people have died in this country in attacks by domestic extremists than in attacks associated with...READ MORE