DHS Creating New Intelligence Unit to Focus on Domestic Terrorism

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is establishing a new dedicated intelligence team to focus on domestic terrorism, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on May 11.
DHS Creating New Intelligence Unit to Focus on Domestic Terrorism
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is establishing a new dedicated intelligence team to focus on domestic terrorism, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on May 11.

The new dedicated domestic terrorism branch within the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is designed to “ensure DHS develops the expertise necessary to produce the sound, timely intelligence needed to  combat threats posed by domestic terrorism and targeted violence,” the agency said in a statement.
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