Red Ice TV - August 21, 2021


Opposition To Covid Measures Is Domestic Terrorism According To DHS


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Length

2 minutes

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141.18178

Word count

313

Sentence count

24


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A new terror alert has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security says it's not based on any actual threats or plots. It's based on an analysis of the threat picture, not on any imminent warning that something could happen here.

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00:00:00.000 A new terror alert has been issued by Homeland Security tonight.
00:00:03.280 Pete Williams is here.
00:00:04.580 Pete, what do we know about this?
00:00:06.500 Well, DHS says this new terrorism advisory is not based on any actual threats or plots,
00:00:10.980 but it says there's a rise in anti-government rhetoric.
00:00:13.820 Some of it is opposition to COVID public health rules like mask and vaccine measures.
00:00:18.660 Some calls for violent action are based on claims of election fraud
00:00:21.840 or a belief that Donald Trump can be reinstated.
00:00:24.860 And DHS says the coming 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks
00:00:28.280 and religious holidays later this year could be catalysts for violence.
00:00:32.240 The last terror advisory was issued in May.
00:00:34.760 It expired today.
00:00:35.760 This new one says domestic extremism remains a threat priority.
00:00:40.120 So it's important to know that this is not based on any threats.
00:00:43.900 This is based on analysis of the threat picture,
00:00:46.860 not on any imminent warning that something could happen here.
00:00:50.560 The last of these terrorism advisories was issued in May and it expired today.
00:00:56.480 So this is really, in essence, a renewal, an update of it.
00:01:00.360 Homeland Security says there are several concerning factors.
00:01:03.700 There's continuing grievances over COVID restrictions, which has stirred up a lot of opposition.
00:01:09.200 There's the continuing efforts by foreign influencers to try to stir up trouble in the U.S.
00:01:14.400 There's the coming 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
00:01:20.600 now once again sort of firing up its propaganda machine.
00:01:23.960 And there are approaching religious holidays and the opening of school
00:01:27.720 and the possibility of school shootings.
00:01:30.020 So for all those reasons, DHS says this is the terror threat picture that we face.
00:01:35.340 But again, it's not a warning that there's attacks that they know of.
00:01:38.940 It's more of here's the threat picture.
00:01:41.220 That's why we're continuing this advisory.
00:01:43.040 That's why we're continuing this advisory.