Extremists Plot Violent Terrorism From Within Military Ranks

The Pentagon faces a daunting task in rooting extremists out of the ranks of the military, complicated by the usual right-wing complaints that such an effort threatens the free-speech rights of soldiers.

The stories keep bubbling up: In Spokane, Washington, two Air Force officers plotted to form a terrorist cell intended to “take our government back,” telling a recruit after the Nov. 2020 election: “I think the capital needs to be seized … No trial or chance to escape.” Meanwhile, in Columbus, Ohio, two buddies in the National Guard discussed carrying out violent terrorist acts: One of them fantasized about gunning down the Jewish schoolchildren at the academy where he had been hired as a security guard, while the other schemed up a plan to fly an airplane into the local Anheuser-Busch brewery.

These are just the latest incidents in what has become a running litany of radicalized extremists within the ranks of the U.S. military plotting lethal acts of domestic terrorism intended to undermine the government and terrorize both minorities and the public. It underscores once again what a daunting task the Pentagon faces in rooting such extremists out of the ranks of the military, complicated by the usual right-wing complaints that such an effort threatens the free-speech rights of soldiers.

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