New DHS Memo Warns of Heightened Threat of Terror Attacks Through 2024 Election Season

New DHS Memo Warns of Heightened Threat of Terror Attacks Through 2024 Election Season
A man stands outside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) building in Tukwila, Wash., on March 3, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images
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The United States faces a heightened risk of terror attacks from now through the 2024 election cycle, according to a new memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The DHS issued a new National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin (pdf) on May 24 stating “perceptions of the 2024 general election cycle and legislative or judicial decisions pertaining to sociopolitical issues” could “mobilize individuals to commit violence.”
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