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How Many Members Does Antifa Have? Where Is Its Headquarters? The FBI Has No Answers. (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 week ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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A top FBI official toed the White House line about antifa as a major domestic terror threat at a House hearing on Thursday — but he struggled to answer questions about the leaderless movement.

Pressed repeatedly by a top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee about antifa’s size and location, the operations director of the FBI’s national security division didn’t have answers.

At one point, the FBI’s Michael Glasheen fumbled with his hands as he tried to find an answer for the question from Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

“Well, the investigations are active,” Glasheen said.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It's a fictional entity built of right wing fears.