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Bennie Thompson: “Mr. Chairman, by no means am I saying that this bulletin would have changed the outcome of the situation, but I do think…”

On the recordJune 2, 2015
Mr. Chairman, by no means am I saying that this bulletin would have changed the outcome of the situation, but I do think that this illustrates that we need to continue looking into information sharing with State and local police and also listening to the boots on the ground on how to recognize and prevent acts of home-grown violent extremism.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson emphasizes the importance of information sharing to prevent extremism.

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