Thread by @TimInHonolulu

1. 100% certain that Domestic Terrorists are a greater threat than International Terrorist and have been for over 30 years. Nazis are the constant link to most right wing domestic groups. And IMO Nazis fall within the international Terrorism definition and we need to list them.

2. Here is the definition of International Terrorism in 18 USC 2331 with comments about how US Nazis fit the definition.

A - involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the US or any States.

They call for and commit violence and get a ✔️.

3. Next:

B. Appear to be intended -
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. ✔️

C. "occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they

4. appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum. 🤔

This is the one element that is even subject to dispute. Let's apply the facts to that element.

5. First, where do Nazi's commit crimes?

Historically, Nazi's crimes were committed in Europe. The group was banned in the US when the war started and though there was no anti-terrorism statute, there were convictions for treason.

6. As an aside my road to investigating Donald Trump started with his father & my attempt to determine whether he was member of the German American Bund. That investigation resulted in a classified FBI investigation that produced a report redacted in manner akin to #MuellerReport

7. Here is an article of that dark period in US history.
American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund - via @TheAtlPhoto theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/…

8. So even though the Nazis were here they started in Europe. But the statute uses the word "occur" not "occured." So you might presume a federal judge would require the majority of recent crimes to be international. I need to look into that factually but it points to possible

9. Constitutional challenge for the US terrorism statues.

But the element that may be sufficient to use international terrorism statutes to take down the Trump supporting white supremacists is . . "or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are

10. accomplished. . " The neo-Nazi & white nationalist groups are connecting and recruiting members through the same social media facilities used to radicalize ISIS and Al-Qaeda followers. There is no functional difference in this element so I give it the final Check-mark. ✔️

11. I will look for states that may have adopted international terrorism statutes that might be employed to bypass the Nazi infiltrated @Trump @whitehous and pursue these groups independent of the whitesupremacists running @TheJusticeDept.

12. The @FBIWFO IMO has the current authority to use International Terrorism authorities against Nazis and most white-nationalist white-supremacist groups.