1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov November 7, 2017FBI Categorization of Domestic TerrorismThe World Learns of “Black Identity Extremism” In August 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, the Bureau), reportedly published an intelligence assessment that conceptualized a new form of domestic ter
2、rorism, “black identity extremism” (BIE). In October, Foreign Policy magazines blog obtained a copy of the FBI assessment and made it publicly available. In recent years, the FBI (the lead federal law enforcement agency charged with counterterrorism investigations) and the Department of Justice (DOJ
3、) have delineated a number of ideologies that domestic terrorists use to justify their crimes. Domestic terrorists/extremists commit crimes in the name of animal rights, environmental rights, anarchism, white supremacy, anti-government beliefs (such as those that inspire “sovereign citizens” and una
4、uthorized militias), black separatism, as well as beliefs tied to abortion. It is unclear whether BIE somehow changes this listfor example, adding “black identity” as an “ideology” that can inspire extremists. The expression of any of these worldviewsminus the commission of crimestypically involves