but we do. stand with us. homeland security are warning of violent threats against law enforcement and government personnel in the wake of the search at mar-a-lago. the two issuing a bulletin that reads in part, quote, these threats are occurring primarily online and across multiple platforms and include a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of fbi headquarters and issuing general calls for civil war and armed rebellion. joining us now on this is cnn law enforcement analyst and former deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe. andy, thank you for being with us on this. this is a very different thing than personnel in the fbi that
national security that could be done if it were to be disclosed so the fact that they are in an unsecure place, guarded with nothing more than a padlock or whatever security that they had in the hotel is deeply alarming. meantime, the top republican on the house intel committee wants more specific information in what was found and specific evidence that the documents would actually threaten national security if exposed. amid all of that is correct the rhetoric surrounding the search is putting law enforcement and government officials at risk. a bulletin obtained by cnn warns of danger, of course, including a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of fbi headquarters and general calls for civil war and armed rebellion. let s begin with that this hour. cnn s doney o sullivan begins with us in las vegas. you ve done so much reporting, on this kind of rhetoric surrounding january 6th. now it could boil all over
the fbi and department of homeland security are warning of an increase in threats against federal law enforcement after the search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate in florida last week. a source tells cnn the number of threats is unprecedented. jessica schneider is live in washington can details on this. what more are you learning about this? they notified the fbi s 40,000 employees telling them remain vigilant working at fbi facilities on top of the joint bulletin over the weekend. they re laying out how the threats online have intensified and wrote this over the weekend, the fbi and dhs observed an increase in violent threats posted on social media against federal officials and facilities including a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of fbi head quarters and issuing calls for civil war and armed rebellion. really serious threats there. they only increased since the
this bulletin is saying in part it includes a threat to places so called dirty bomb in front of fbi headquarters and issuing general calls for civil war and armed rebellion, and probably because of that, barricades are now up surrounding fbi s headquarters right here in washington, and our team is told that the fbi is, in fact, investigating an unprecedented number of threats against fbi employees. and those threats include two against special agents who were listed on those court records that were released on friday. the agents were involved in the mar-a-lago search, and they were blacked out in the official copy released by the court, but their names actually were listed in the leaked copies that was put out by conservative media outlets earlier on friday. on top of that, we learned that the fbi has noticed an up tick in what s called doxing, people online publicly post personal information of fbi employees that can then be used by people across the country if they want to target tho
platforms and image boards including a threat to places so-called dirty bomb in front of fbi headquarters and issuing general calls for civil war and armed rebellion. joining us now is former fbi agent and the vice president of law enforcement and analysis at the anti-defamation league greg airy. put this into context. have you ever seen anything like this before? brianna n 22 years in federal law enforcement with the fbi i have never seen this level of threat. there s always some kind of threatening material that s directed specifically at a particular agent or an ausa that the bureau deals very strictly with. this is a call to arms for any fbi employee has become a target at this point. i can t recall any time in our history this has happened. never? never. so, then, what do you do about it? who needs to speak up to stop this? this is easy. it s universally needs to be spoken up to. politicians and we ve seen at the adl and our center on extremism and analysts, elected