CTAware – April 2021
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Incidents/Articles of Note:
- DC Man and Woman Charged with Attempting and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
- Tennessee man accused of helping Islamic State group
- US receives $335M from Sudan for victims of terrorist attacks
- Additional charges filed in white supremacist murder conspiracy case
- ISIS Cyber Group Launches Cloud, Chat Platforms to ‘Close Ranks’ Online
- Defense Department Linguist Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified Information
- Teen in UK who called himself Hitler sentenced for terror offences
- Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
- Did Sacramento terror suspect leave cellphone behind to kill Iraqi police officer?
- Bangladesh sentences five militants to death for killing U.S. blogger
- Taliban keep close ties with Al Qaeda despite promise to U.S.
- QAnon backer accused of firing paintball rounds at soldiers
- Iron Youth Member Charged With Unlawfully Possessing Machine Gun
- U.S. Army Soldier Arrested for Attempting to Assist ISIS to Conduct Deadly Ambush on U.S. Troops
- Ex-Salt Lake City police officer arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol
Impact of COVID-19 on Terrorism
Resource – UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
This paper aims to provide a global picture of these potential and actual impacts, while recognizing that – as with the impact of COVID-19 itself – those impacts are unlikely to be experienced consistently by all Member States or across all regions
3D-Printed Guns, Untraceable Firearms, and Domestic Violent Extremist Actors
Resource – Global Network on Extremism and Technology
While uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel amassive increaseindomestic gun sales, a supporter of the boogaloo movement was charged in November in one of the first known cases of domestic extremists mass-producing andillicitly selling3D-printed firearms components.
Summary of Assessment on Domestic Violent Extremism
Resource – ODNI, DOJ, and DHS
On 17 March, the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an unclassified summary of the joint comprehensive threat assessment on domestic violent extremism (DVE).
Counter Terrorism Guide for Public Safety Officials
Resource– JCAT
Public safety personnel are often positioned to identify suspicious activity potentially related to terrorism, and in some cases, first responders who have reported this information have helped to disrupt terrorist plans or attacks in the US.
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