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UNCKASSFSOMOR O OFEICEOINTELLICEACEAmANALYSIS 88888 TERRORISM (u/rouo) Diverse Domestic Violent Extremist Landscape Probably Will Persist Due to Enduring Grievances (W/rouo) Scope Note: This Intelligence In Depth (HlD) provides a straiegic overview of the threats posed by actors DHS, FBI, and NCTC consider donestic miolent extremisis (DVEs) as defined by ou! shured lexicons. it exnmines the ideological motivations that shape the threat londscape fron D VEs in general and there provides art assessment of the current thrreat - and historicat context - of euch? ideologically driren mooement. This HD aiso provides an ooervieu of some of the drivers thnat persist Qeross the broader D VE Landscope. This HlD does not assess tireats from homegrown oiolent extremists inspired by a foreign terrorist organizution or criminal actors. The information cutoff date for this tID is Octooer2020. (W) Key Judgmnens (W/rouey Key Judguent I: We assess that, during the last severat years, the DyE. landscape has been dominated prinarily by individuals and smell groups adhering to a range of violent extremist ideologies, sone of whom have mobilized in response to. current events, The prevalence of lone actor activity, use of social media and encrypted. platforms to communicate, and limited bystander awareness of potentia! violence will probably continue to constrain our ability to detect and disrupt DVE plotting. (u7rouey Key Judgment 2: In 2020, DVEs often were influenced by developments related to the COviD-19 pandens and civil unrest, which resulted in increased ant~. governnent/ anti-authority violent extrenist activity. Militia violent extrenusts (MVEs) -- particularly to government officials, based on their perceptions of governnent overreach Separately, if significant civil unrest continues, some anarchist violent extremists likely will engage in non-lethal violence against law enforcement and others perceived as oppressive. b6 per DHS b7E per DHS Prpwryw CwrknsnCente..w.Coaw wDy.Cr.C.cww.c FCO.CE.7SA.9905.095Fos.c UNCLASSREDPOR FBI21cv558)-1757