National Security

Government Deadline Approaches To Ban Chinese-Made Surveillance Cameras

7:48am August 08, 2019

by Jackie Northam

There are thousands of Chinese-made surveillance cameras in government buildings across the United States. Congress is banning them Aug. 13, but it's unclear how that will be carried out.

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FBI's Challenges In Fighting Domestic Terrorism

7:05am August 08, 2019

NPR's David Greene talks to former FBI official Dave Gomez about challenges the FBI faces in fighting domestic terrorism, and the tools it needs to prevent such attacks.

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Former National Security Officials Call For A Stronger Focus On Domestic Terrorism

7:19am August 06, 2019

by David Greene

NPR's David Greene speaks with former National Security Council senior director Javed Ali, who's among those calling on the government to make fighting homegrown terrorists a priority.

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Cesar Sayoc was sentenced to 20 years in prison for mailing 16 inoperative pipe bombs to public figures seen as critical of President Trump in 2018.

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Florida Man Who Mailed Bombs To Democrats, Media Gets 20 Years In Prison

6:35pm August 05, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Cesar Sayoc blamed his attempted bombing spree on his mental illness and excessive use of steroids. His attorneys said he was obsessed with President Trump.

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How Old Racist Books, Artifacts Are Influencing White Nationalists Of The Digital Age

5:55pm August 05, 2019

by Hannah Allam

The manifestos left by far-right attackers often allude to historical texts in an attempt to lend legitimacy to violent actions.

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An archived screenshot of 8chan, an online message board that shooters have used to post messages before their attacks, describes itself as "the darkest reaches of the Internet."

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'Uniquely Lawless': Security Firm Drops 8chan Website Following El Paso Shooting

5:54pm August 05, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"At some level firing 8chan as a customer is easy," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said. Before the Texas shooting, the suspect is believed to have posted a white nationalist, anti-Hispanic screed.

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Federal Prosecutors Are Treating El Paso Shooting As Incident Of 'Domestic Terrorism'

4:35pm August 05, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

Federal Prosecutors say they are treating the shootings in El Paso as an incident of "domestic terrorism" but U.S. terrorism laws are limited to foreign actors and organizations.

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Reaction To Trump's Remarks On Two Mass Shootings

11:54am August 05, 2019

President Trump calls for urgent resolve in trying to prevent massacres like the ones we saw in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over the weekend.

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President Trump Blames Recent Mass Shootings On Mental Health, Video Games, Internet

11:51am August 05, 2019

President Trump spoke to the nation from the White House on Monday and called this weekend's mass shootings barbaric slaughters. He named specific causes for the extremist violence.

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Special Coverage: Trump Delivers Remarks After Two Weekend Mass Shootings

11:28am August 05, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in response to two weekend shootings — one is El Paso, Texas, where a gunman opened fire at a Walmart, The other was in Dayton, Ohio.

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