The FBI has failed in its duties to identify and stop homegrown violent extremists in the United States, the Justice Department inspector general said in a report released last week.
Many individuals identified as so-called homegrown violent extremists, or HVEs, weren’t stopped because the FBI failed to conduct follow-up investigations into individuals who had been flagged as potential threats, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in a 41-page report (pdf).
