{"id":2385559,"date":"2025-01-02T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-decided-to-persecute-dissidents-rather-than-hunt-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:23:46","slug":"fbi-decided-to-persecute-dissidents-rather-than-hunt-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-decided-to-persecute-dissidents-rather-than-hunt-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Decided To Persecute Dissidents Rather Than Hunt Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-decided-to-persecute-dissidents-rather-than-hunt-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In early January, a radical Islamic terrorist named Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove his truck, displaying an ISIS\u2064 flag, into a crowd celebrating the new Year \u200din New Orleans, resulting in 15 deaths \u2062and over 35 injuries. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivy-league-student-died-hours-after-drinking-panera-breads-charged-lemonade-drink\/\" title=\"Ivy League student dies shortly after consuming Panera Bread&#039;s lemonade.\">tragic incident raises concerns<\/a> about the\u2063 FBI&#8217;s focus and resource allocation,\u200d suggesting \u200dthat if it had concentrated\u2062 on genuine threats rather than target groups like parents and Trump supporters,\u200c it\u200c might have been avoided. <\/p>\n<p>The FBI had come under scrutiny \u2062for prioritizing investigations into alleged domestic terrorism\u2063 among Catholics attending Latin\u2064 Masses \u2064and\u2064 focusing on Trump supporters, especially following the January 6 Capitol \u200driots. Simultaneously, the agency was criticized for its involvement in \u2063political \u2063matters such as\u2063 a kidnapping plot against \u2063Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in 2021, the DOJ directed the\u2063 FBI to label activist parents speaking out at school board meetings\u200c as potential threats, after a recommendation from the National School Board\u2064 Association. These actions have \u200bfueled debate over the FBI&#8217;s commitment to preventing real terrorism while appearing to suppress\u200b dissent among various groups in the\u200c U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Early Wednesday morning, a radical Islamic terrorist drove his truck through a crowd of people celebrating the start of the New Year in New Orleans. Fifteen people were murdered and more than 35 injured. But maybe this tragedy could have been avoided if the FBI spent less time targeting parents, Catholics, and countless other dissidents and instead focused its resources on catching <em>actual <\/em>terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed through a crowd in his Ford F-150 Lightning EV truck draped with an ISIS flag before shooting at police officers, who fatally shot Jabbar. Jabbar &ldquo;recently converted to Islam&rdquo; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByMikeBaker\/status\/1874555606461468998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began acting erratically in recent months<\/a>,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/01\/us\/new-orleans-vehicle-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately under the leadership of then FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/11\/wray-resigns-in-disgrace-after-using-fbi-to-persecute-enemies-and-protect-lawbreakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christopher Wray<\/a>, the FBI was too busy doing things like helping to orchestrate a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/19\/inside-the-fbi-tainted-whitmer-kidnap-plot-youve-heard-almost-nothing-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kidnapping<\/a> plot targeting Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to catch a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some others the FBI was too busy targeting while a terrorist became radicalized on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<h2>Catholics<\/h2>\n<p>Documents <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/09\/unredacted-fbi-memo-contradicts-christopher-wrays-claim-only-a-single-field-office-targeted-traditional-catholics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obtained<\/a> by House Republicans in 2023 reveals multiple FBI field offices were involved in the drafting of the infamous memo that labeled Catholics as potential domestic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>A leaked <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/09\/fbi-retracts-memo-labeling-traditional-catholics-violent-white-supremacists-pushing-infiltration-of-christian-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI memo<\/a> revealed a Richmond, Virginia, field office was investigating alleged &ldquo;white supremacy&rdquo; amongst <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/11\/the-fbi-targeted-traditional-catholics-because-they-will-never-accept-the-lefts-pagan-morality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholics<\/a> who attended Latin Mass. The memo warned of &ldquo;Radical-Traditionalist Catholics&rdquo; and noted possible infiltration into Catholic communities using &ldquo;various kinds of informants.&rdquo; Subsequent memos show FBI field offices in Los Angeles and Portland were involved in targeting Catholics.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Supporters<\/h2>\n<p>Jabbar reportedly began radicalizing in recent months, according to The New York Times. But the FBI wouldn&rsquo;t have caught on to that because around the same time that Jabbar was radicalizing, the FBI was singling out Trump supporters, a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2023\/10\/13\/exclusive-fbi-targets-trump-followers-2024-election-nears-1831836.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> showed.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek reported that &ldquo;nearly two-thirds of the FBI&rsquo;s current investigations&rdquo; focused on Trump supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/after-ignoring-violent-blm-riots-fbi-targets-trump-supporters-for-breaking-anti-riot-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused of disregarding<\/a> &ldquo;anti-riot&rdquo; laws.<\/p>\n<p>After Jan. 6, the FBI expanded its &ldquo;anti-government or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" title=\"FBI focuses on Trump voters as potential domestic terrorists before 2024 election.\">anti-authority violent extremists-<\/a>other&rdquo; (AGAAVE) category to &ldquo;jumpstart investigations into Americans based on their political affiliations,&rdquo; as my colleague Jordan Boyd <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. More than a year later, the FBI created the &ldquo;AGAAVE-Other&rdquo; category, which devoted its resources to monitor, as Boyd explained, &ldquo;anyone the agency deemed an anti-government &lsquo;domestic violent extremist&rsquo; with seemingly adverse political affiliations.&rdquo; Newsweek reported that while Trump supporters were not officially designated as members of this category, &ldquo;government insiders acknowledge that it applies to political violence ascribed to the former president&rsquo;s supporters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n[[<strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/24\/heres-a-big-tell-democrats-believe-the-fbi-works-for-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here&rsquo;s A Big Tell Democrats Believe The FBI Works For Them<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An unnamed senior intelligence official reportedly said he believes &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s army constitutes the greatest threat of violence domestically &hellip; politically &hellip; that&rsquo;s the reality and the problem set.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Parents At School Board Meetings<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo in October of 2021 instructing the FBI to label activist parents at school board meetings with &ldquo;threat tags.&rdquo; The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/15\/nsbas-apology-for-letter-comparing-parents-to-terrorists-hasnt-stopped-the-fbi-from-targeting-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidance<\/a> came just days after the Biden White House approved a recommendation from the National School Board Association that called for counterterrorism measures to be used against parents who spoke up at school board meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland &ldquo;encouraged the use of an FBI tip line for individuals to flag parents for surveillance,&rdquo; as my colleague Tristan Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/22\/house-judiciary-finds-biden-doj-had-no-legitimate-basis-to-target-parents-as-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/15\/nsbas-apology-for-letter-comparing-parents-to-terrorists-hasnt-stopped-the-fbi-from-targeting-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tiffany Justice<\/a>, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, told The Federalist of a mother who was reported to the FBI for simply being &ldquo;quite upset&rdquo; at a school board meeting when speaking about the adverse effects of quarantines and school closures.<\/p>\n<h2>Pro-Lifers<\/h2>\n<p>During the Biden administration, the FBI targeted 55 pro-lifers for &ldquo;praying, singing, and evangelizing at abortion facilities across the U.S.,&rdquo; as Boyd <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/christopher-wray-says-fbi-does-not-target-peaceful-pro-lifers-the-stats-prove-otherwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. Under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, the Biden administration targeted pro-lifers instead of targeting terrorists <em>or<\/em> the at least 90 instances of &ldquo;abortion-fueled <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/12\/feds-suddenly-remember-to-decry-threats-of-violence-after-ignoring-violent-dobbs-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">firebombing, vandalism, and other attacks<\/a> on lifesaving pregnancy centers, pro-life organizations, and churches &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, 75-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/06\/04\/75-year-old-woman-feels-joy-face-two-year-prison-sentence-pro-life-activism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paulette Harlow<\/a> was charged and found guilty for violating the FACE Act after she prayed at a Washington, D.C., abortion facility. Harlow was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/final-defendant-sentenced-federal-civil-rights-conspiracy-and-freedom-access-clinic#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20Paula%20Paulette%20Harlow%2C%2075,providing%2C%20and%20patients%20from%20receiving%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced to two years<\/a> in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">long smeared pro-lifers<\/a> as threats, with former FBI-special-agent-turned-whistleblower Steve Friend <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/05\/former-agent-fbi-taught-agents-pro-lifers-are-more-dangerous-than-islamic-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealing<\/a> in an interview with the Tennessee Informer that the FBI showed agents a video produced by the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center that, according to Friend, &ldquo;ranked people who oppose abortion, pro-life activists, as a greater threat than Islamists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Grandmas<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine how much worse Wednesday&rsquo;s deadly event would have been had the FBI <em>not<\/em> taken dangerous grandmothers like 71-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/05\/d-c-jury-convicts-great-grandma-for-walking-around-the-capitol-for-10-minutes-on-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebecca Lavrenz<\/a> off the street?<\/p>\n<p>Lavrenz was recently convicted on four counts after she entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 for roughly 10 minutes, having briefly spoken to at least one Capitol Police Officer prior to exiting, according to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/defendants\/lavrenz-rebecca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement of facts<\/a>. Two FBI agents showed up to her home on April 19, 2021, returning the following week for a consensual interview. Lavrenz was <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/08\/12\/rebecca-lavrenz-praying-grandma-jan-6-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to one year probation. <\/p>\n<p>At least Americans can rest easy knowing threats like Lavrenz, parents at school board meetings,   Trump supporters and Catholics are off the streets. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A terrorist attack in New Orleans killed 15; FBI misfocused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2385560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fbi_headquarters-e1735827655453.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33274,4924,5591,19118,6039],"class_list":["post-2385559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-civil-rights","tag-dissidents","tag-fbi","tag-persecution","tag-terrorism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fbi_headquarters-e1735827655453.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385563,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385559\/revisions\/2385563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}