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Bennie Thompson: “White supremacist, far-right extremists are now the most ascendant transnational terror threat facing the homeland in a…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
White supremacist, far-right extremists are now the most ascendant transnational terror threat facing the homeland in a fluid and somewhat diversifying risk matrix.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson emphasizes the growing danger posed by far-right extremists.

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