Thanks for taking 5 paragraphs to confirm what I already said, Anth. You've become quite the subject matter expert on nearly everything these days.Biden pointed out a lot of dumb fiction as well.
Just so we're clear on what he said. They're basically taking the HYDRA approach.
In testimony before the House Sept. 17, Wray said the FBI did not consider Antifa "a group or an organization. It’s a movement or an ideology." Within hours, President Donald Trump, who has tried to get his Justice Department to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, attacked Wray on Twitter and criticized his analysis.
Revisiting the issue in a Senate hearing Thursday, Wray explained, "Antifa is a real thing. It is not a fiction."
He continued that the FBI has seen Antifa engage in "organized tactical activity" at the local and regional level. Its adherents have coalesced and worked together in "nodes" rather than a structured hierarchy across the country.
The type of organization does not diminish how serious the FBI considers the threat, Wray said. "We don't view how nationally organized something is as a proxy for how dangerous it is."
Antifa, a decentralized movement of leftist activists who brand themselves as anti-fascist, anti-racist and anti-government, openly espouses violence. Often, its adherents have been connected to property crimes and arson. However, last month a self-professed member of Antifa, Michael Forest Reinoehl, was accused of shooting a far-right activist in Portland, Ore. Individuals associated with Antifa have also been charged recently with assaulting law enforcement officers.