No one supports terrorism, but this document explicitly talks about dealing with non-criminals in terms of censorship, gun banking, and gun ownership.
The document quotes start here. My comments are in bold and indented. You can download a copy of the plan here.
The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) provides direction and guidance implementation of the National Strategy to Countering Domestic Terrorism. . . .
Potentially very broad definition of terrorism
Action 1.2.1b: Provide resources to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement that cover relevant iconography, symbology, and phraseology used by many domestic terrorists, as well as data driven guidance on how to recognize potential indicators of DT-related [Domestic Terrorism] mobilization. (Lead: FBI with DHS and NCTC)
COMMENTARY. NOTE ON THE TYPES OF SYMBOLS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION VIEWED AS INDICATORS OF TERRORIST INVOLVEMENT: On August 2, 2022, a media organization obtained a copy, which new whistleblower disclosures have authenticated, of the FBI’s “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide” on “Militia Violent Extremists” (MVEs). The FBI’s document included symbols like “2A” and states that “MVEs justify their existence with the Second Amendment, due to the mention of a ‘well regulated Militia,’ as well as the right to bear arms.” The document also includes “commonly referenced historical imagery or quotes,” like the “Betsy Ross Flag” and the “Gadsden Flag,” as symbols of so-called terrorists.
Jim Jordan, Letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, September 14, 2022.
Explicitly deals with “non-criminal behavior” (emphasis added)
Action 2.1.1c: Enhance public understanding of the role of the Federal law enforcement in responding to incidents of concerning non-criminal behavior, as well as the role of mental health professionals and resources in crisis response, including through public messaging and engagement. (Lead: DOJ and FBI and DHS)
Gun control steps
Action 4.1.1a: Rein in the proliferation of “ghost guns”; encourage state adoption of extreme risk protection orders; and drive other executive and legislative action, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Lead DPC)
Action 4.1.1c: Launch a national public education campaign to improve lethal means safety by expanding access to and use of safe storage of firearms.
Censorship of speech
Intended Impact 2.1.2: The U.S. Government implements evidence -based digital literacy programming to combat online disinformation and DT recruitment and narratives.
Action 2.1.2a: Channel funding towards research on the effectiveness of digital literacy programming and improve sharing of such research across the interagency and with local partners (Lead: DHS with ED, State, and USAID)
Action 2.2.1b: Share with relevant technology and other private-industry companies, as appropriate and as expeditiously as possible and on a consistent basis, relevant information on DT-related and associated transnational terrorist online content in order to foster these relationships.
Intended Impact 2.3.1: The U.S. Government will lead and join global, multilateral fora to collaborate on addressing terrorist content online with partner governments similarly committed to freedom of expression.
Action 2.3.1b: Lead U.S. participation in the non-binding Christchurch Call to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online to ensure that the United States has a full voice in ongoing conversations among governments, relevant technology companies, and other stakeholders regarding how to address appropriate DT (and other violent extremist) content online while respecting freedom of expression. (Lead: NSC and State)
COMMENTARY: The Christchurch Call to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online is clearly a call for using AI to censor what the governments involved regard as “hate” speech (“want to reduce hate and violence“). This is something that hits particularly close to home for the CPRC because we had both John Lott’s and the CPRC’s Twitter accounts locked because we had discussed that the Christchurch murderer was “a socialist, environmentalist, who hates capitalists & free trade” (see Lott’s pieces in the New York Daily News here and here).
For both 2.3.1 and 2.3.1b, we apparently need censorship in order to protect democracy and freedom of expression.
Action 1.3.1d: Enhance the U.S. Government’s understanding of how foreign and non-state information operations, particularly disinformation, relate to the domestic terrorism threat. (Lead: FBI, CIA, State, and DHS)
COMMENTARY: NOTE that for 1.3.1d the FBI is the first organization listed here and they deal with domestic issues, and that the title of this plan is “Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism.” NOTE for 2.1.2a that USAID is involved with funding this research.
Action 4.1.1d: . . . support evidence-based research on information literacy education for both children and adults learners and existing proven interventions to foster resiliency to disinformation. (Lead: DPC)
Debank people that the government doesn’t like
Action 1.3.1c: Explore ways to enhance the identification and analysis of financial activity associated with domestic terrorists and related or similar threats abroad, as well as enhancing engagement with financial institutions on domestic terrorist financing, including through existing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. (Lead: Treasury with FBI and State)
Measure of Performance 1.3.1c: Provide an internal report for U.S. government stakeholders on domestic terrorist financing and potential foreign connections within the next six months.
This might explain some of the debanking that occurred against lawyers that worked for President Trump after the 2020 election. “John Eastman, once an attorney for former President Donald Trump, was de-banked twice in the span of several months by two prominent financial institutions, Bank of America and USAA, he told the Daily Caller. His accounts were closed as he faced substantial backlash for his work advising Trump around the time of the 2020 election.” Reagan Reese, “‘Rather Despicable’: John Eastman Speaks Out After Bank Of America, USAA Shut Down His Accounts,” Daily Caller, April 16, 2024.
