give us the legal authority to the open a federal terrorism investigation. we have to determine that individual s ideology caused them to commit the act of violence in furtherance of their political and social goals. darrell johnson, former senior analyst for doe miss tech terror, the author of the hate land. a look at domestic terror here in america and joyce vance, who has national security experience. obviously, as a u.s. attorney. thanks for both of you being here. darrell, how do you view it? yeah, i mean this topic of domestic terrorism is basically a political mine field. you re talking about very divisive topics in america, things like gun rights, abortion rights, immigration and other things. and you know, the concern that i have is the backlash that i was subjected to back in 2009 has a chilling effect on both the law
target list as well as other information we very encountered in this investigation, the fbi has opened a full domestic terrorism investigation into this mass shooting. the el paso shooting also under investigation as domestic terror and white nationalist tear ser on the rise and there are in nu renewed debates how to combat if and whether it should be a 9/11 style priority. the chairs of the wildly heralded 9/11 commission. the point is not to say the gosh, every big deadly problem should just be tackled like nevin. point is the experts are telling us that the facts show show these shootings are now on par with the current foreign terror threat. now, that s a security fact that may not have sunk in yet in our society or our politics but these experts are pointing to sticks like this. people killed in attacks linked to islamic radicals and the far