{"id":3946,"date":"2019-08-01T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2019-08-01T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T01:23:47","slug":"uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovered documents reveal FBI labels QAnon as a domestic terrorist threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Qanon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Qanon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Qanon-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milnenews.com\/2019\/08\/01\/uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat\/\">https:\/\/milnenews.com\/2019\/08\/01\/uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News, The FBI&nbsp; has labeled \u201cfringe conspiracy theories\u201d as a domestic terrorist threat. Specifically naming QAnon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau\u2019s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes \u201cconspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists,\u201d as a growing threat, and notes that it is the first such report to do so. It lists a number of arrests, including some that haven\u2019t been publicized, related to violent incidents motivated by fringe beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document specifically mentions QAnon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts,\u201d the document states. It also goes on to say the FBI believes conspiracy theory-driven extremists are likely to increase during the 2020 presidential election cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI claims another factor driving the intensity of this threat is \u201cthe uncovering of real conspiracies or cover-ups involving illegal, harmful, or unconstitutional activities by government officials or leading political figures.\u201d The FBI does not specify which political leaders or which cover-ups it was referring to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump is mentioned by name briefly in the latest FBI document, which notes that the origins of QAnon is the conspiratorial belief that \u201cQ,\u201d allegedly a government official, \u201cposts classified information online to reveal a covert effort, led by President Trump, to dismantle a conspiracy involving \u2018deep state\u2019 actors and global elites allegedly engaged in an international child sex trafficking ring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/html2-f.scribdassets.com\/505qjzia0w74zud2\/images\/1-4c99e1a587.jpg\">https:\/\/html2-f.scribdassets.com\/505qjzia0w74zud2\/images\/1-4c99e1a587.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/milnenews.com\/2019\/08\/01\/uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat\/ According to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News, The FBI&nbsp; has labeled \u201cfringe conspiracy theories\u201d as a domestic terrorist threat. Specifically naming QAnon. The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau\u2019s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes \u201cconspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists,\u201d as a growing threat, and notes that it is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/uncovered-documents-reveal-fbi-labels-qanon-as-a-domestic-terrorist-threat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uncovered documents reveal FBI labels QAnon as a domestic terrorist threat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3949,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946\/revisions\/3949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}