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The Wary Eye of the FBI Watches for Homegrown Terrorism

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Scott Stewart
VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Aug 17, 2017 | 08:00 GMT

FBI agents on the scene at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon in January, 2016.

FBI agents on the scene at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon in January, 2016. The FBI keeps a close watch on internal threats to safety and security in the United States.

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The FBI has conducted dozens of sting operations since 9/11. In this case, Jerry Varnell was not a grassroots jihadist radicalized by al Qaeda or Islamic State, or even an anarchist; he was a member of the anti-government militia movement, which has a long and deadly history of violence....

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