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Scores Of Current and Former Military Probed In Extermism Cases

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Very sad situation when the members of our military are involved with anti-government or white nationalism activity, thankfully the majority of our troops are there to serve this country and protect all fellow Americans, regardless of race or creed.

The FBI continues to investigate last week's mob attack on the Capitol and make arrests that include current and former military service members. Now NPR has learned the domestic extremism problem within the ranks may be more serious than officials realized.

A senior defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR that there were 143 notifications of investigations by the FBI last year of former and current military members.

Of these, 68 pertained to domestic extremism cases the FBI had opened with current or former military personnel as subjects of investigation. The vast majority are former military; many with unfavorable discharge records, according to the official.

The majority of these cases involve anti-government/anti-authority motivations, including attacks on government facilities and persons in positions of authority. One-fourth are associated with white nationalism.
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Defense Official: Scores Of Current And Former Military Probed In Extremism Cases

The source says the Pentagon was informed about 68 subjects in FBI domestic extremism investigations in 2020. The vast majority are former military, many with unfavorable discharge records.
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They need to stop broadcasting Fox News all over their bases.
 
Rich2018 said:
I was going to say an incompetent plumber, but I guess you're right.
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'Nothing worse than a dirty cop', was a long held mantra of mine. So, I modified it to include the thread topic.
 
Chomsky said:
Exactly. I don't 'think'. I 'know'. My city's been dirty from the get-go.
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A friend of mine's mother is an attorney and says it's well known that our county PD is dirty and pretty much most stations take bribes to look the other way.
 
Rich2018 said:
A friend of mine's mother is an attorney and says it's well known that our county PD is dirty and pretty much most stations take bribes to look the other way.
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I can assure you my city has a deep history of being dirty as hell. It's quite a bit better now, but nothing's ever perfect.
 
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