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    Right-wing extremism stymies FBI

    by Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times Aug 11, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - FBI Director Christopher A. Wray assured Congress last month that his agents were aggressively combating domestic terror threats from a broad array of extremist groups.

    "The FBI, working with our state and local law enforcement partners," he said, "is all over this."

    But the bureau is now scrambling to investigate domestic terrorism on two fronts - a mass shooting in Gilroy, Calif., followed days later by a far more deadly attack in El Paso - that appears to undercut Wray's assertions and raise questions about whether the FBI is doing enough to identify and stop murderous plots by home-grown fanatics with no ties to foreign terrorist organizations.

    Some former law enforcement officials and Democratic lawmakers contend federal agencies have been caught flat-footed by a surge in mass

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