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Joint Terrorism Task Forces

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Jan 27, 2026
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How does the FBI track Antifa membership and activities in the US?

The does not track “” as a single membership roster because Antifa is treated as a decentralized ideology or movement rather than a formal organization; instead the Bureau pursues individual criminall...

Jan 27, 2026
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What standards do federal agencies use to escalate investigations from protests to inquiries into funders under NSPM‑7?

directs federal agencies to escalate from protest-related encounters to full inquiries into organizers, networks and funders when investigators identify potential federal crimes tied to “political vio...

Jan 19, 2026
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How have civil liberties groups responded to NSPM-7 and executive steps targeting antifa, and what legal challenges have they raised?

Civil liberties groups have responded to NSPM-7 and accompanying executive steps against antifa with coordinated public denunciations, FOIA litigation seeking internal legal justifications, and warnin...

Dec 9, 2025

Have there been notable operational outcomes or cases influenced by NSPM-7 guidance?

Available reporting so far shows NSPM‑7 was issued Sept. 25, 2025 and directs Treasury, DOJ, FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Forces to identify and disrupt financial and organizational networks linked to...

Jan 30, 2026

Are Joint Task Forces Alpha and Vulcan being re-tasked from pursuing gang-related criminal activity to surveillance and depression of legal immigrants?

There is no clear, documented order in the provided reporting that or have been formally re‑tasked from gang and transnational criminal investigations to a mission of ; contemporaneous materials and p...

Jan 11, 2026

Have any recent DOJ prosecutions alleged or proven that funders financed domestic political violence in the U.S?

No publicly reported, recent Department of Justice prosecutions in the provided reporting have alleged or proven that outside funders financed domestic political violence; instead, the reporting docum...

Jan 8, 2026

What specialized units can ICE agents join after gaining experience, such as HSI or ERO?

ICE officers and special agents typically begin in one of two career tracks—Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) for deportation and custody work, or Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for cri...

Dec 21, 2025

Has the Justice Department publicly released the memo Pam Bondi issued about investigating antifa and related groups?

The Justice Department has not issued the Bondi memorandum as a formal public release on its website or through an official press release, but the document has been widely circulated to the press and ...

Dec 16, 2025

Fbi listing sustainable community organizers as terrorists

The FBI and Justice Department have recently been directed to expand domestic-terrorism investigations, including compiling lists of groups and disseminating intelligence on movements like antifa; Att...

Dec 16, 2025

Fbi listing non violent organizations as terrorists

The Justice Department ordered the FBI to compile a list of “groups or entities engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism,” with particular focus on antifa-aligned groups, and instructed ...

Dec 16, 2025

What legal authorities could be used to prosecute antifa or nonprofit organizations in the US?

Federal authorities now point to a mix of criminal statutes, terrorism authorities and tax and regulatory tools to pursue people and groups tied to “Antifa” — including an executive order designating ...

Dec 12, 2025

What legal or ethical implications arise if a state official pressured federal agencies to label citizens extremists?

A state official pressing federal agencies to label citizens or groups as “extremists” raises immediate constitutional, civil‑liberties and administrative law problems: critics warn such directives ri...

Dec 9, 2025

Have federal agencies (FBI/DHS) published data on Antifa activity and where can I find it?

Federal agencies have recently increased public statements and actions addressing “Antifa,” including a White House executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and Attorney...

Dec 8, 2025

What civil liberties or privacy concerns have been raised about NSPM-7?

Civil liberties groups, members of Congress, and legal observers warn NSPM‑7’s broad language risks treating protected political beliefs and nonprofit activity as indicators of “domestic terrorism,” r...

Dec 6, 2025

How do law enforcement agencies track and investigate funding sources for antifa groups?

Federal directives since September 2025 instruct agencies to investigate, disrupt and dismantle funding that allegedly supports Antifa, including guidance to financial institutions to file Suspicious ...

Nov 18, 2025

How do federal and local law enforcement strategies differ when investigating far-right compared to far-left domestic terrorism?

Federal and local investigators use similar criminal-justice tools against both far-right and far-left domestic terrorism — but operational priorities, labeling, resource allocation, and political dir...

Nov 16, 2025

Which pre-9/11 leads about the hijackers did FBI field offices have and how were they handled?

Before September 11, 2001, FBI field offices had a mixture of concrete and partial leads about some future hijackers—most notably prior identification of Khalid al‑Mihdhar and Nawaf al‑Hazmi on U.S. w...