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is very likely that black identity extremist police brutality spurred an increase in retaliatory violence. so i ve tried to get to the bottom of where this report came from, who did it, what its status is. i ve asked attorney general sessions. i ve asked director wray. and now i want to ask you. did you order the fbi to conduct this assessment? i m sorry, what was the date? august 2017. august of this year. no, i did not. do you know who authored the record? are you familiar with the report? i m not familiar with the report. i m familiar with the general issue. and so maybe you could talk a little bit about the general issue in particular when the fbi began tracking black identity extremism? i think it s important for me to explain, congress womwoman, the fbi does not make a determination to investigate them based upon their first amendment views. or their affiliation. it bases its decisions on evidence of a propensity to
between 1956 and 1971 the fbi ran a counter intelligence program initiated by j. edgar hoover. it is commonly understood this was an abuse of surveillance power in a manner to suppress a peaceful movement. i would like to ask mr. chair unanimous consent to enter this report into the record. it s black identity extremist likely to target law enforcement officers. i believe earlier you said you were not familiar with the report? i haven t read it. i know some of the alleged targeting of officers. i would like to know and i will ask you that in a minute. you are somewhat familiar with it. who had the power in your department to order a report like this? i m not sure how that report got ordered. i don t believe i approved it or directed it.