US unveils strategy to confront ‘domestic terror’ threats

White nationalists pose the greatest threat, says the Justice Department which may recommend passage of ‘domestic terror’ law.

The United States government has released a national strategy to improve the analysis of domestic “terror” threats more than five months after a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on January 6 in an attempted insurrection. The plan, unveiled on Tuesday,  includes increased intelligence sharing between law enforcement agencies, deterrence of “extremist threats” and prevention of recruitment and mobilisation by “extremist organisations”, partially by working with tech companies to remove online content that could recruit or mobilise. Attorney General Merrick Garland, head of the Justice Department, said during a news conference the “national strategy recognises that we cannot prevent every attack. The only way to find sustainable solutions is not only to disrupt and deter, but also to address the root causes of violence … we can promise that we will do everything in our power to prevent such tragedies.”