#Obamaadministration to #revivedomesticterrortaskforce Taskforce established in 1995 after #OklahomaCitybombing later #dismantled #after911 as #agencies #turnedattentionoutwards Share 95 Email Reuters in Washington theguardian, Tuesday 3 June 2014 17.59 BST Jump to comments (76) Eric Holder at the Brown v Board of Education anniversary. US Attorney General Eric Holder signed a memorandum last month reconstituting the group . Photograph: Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images The United States is re-establishing a law enforcement group to fight those it designates as domestic terrorists, with an announcement expected on Tuesday, Department of Justice officials said. Following hate-motivated shootings such as the one at a Jewish Community Center in Kansas City, Missouri in April, federal prosecutors have pressed the need to coordinate intelligence of such criminals on a national level, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The group will coordinate cases that involve Americans who may be spurred to violence for political or prejudicial reasons. It will include representatives of the FBI, the National Security Division of the Justice Department and the Attorney Generals Advisory Committee, which includes representatives of federal prosecutors. Then Attorney General Janet Reno first established such a task force following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, but it was dismantled after the September 11, 2001 hijacked-plane attacks as the agencies turned their attention toward threats from abroad. US Attorney General Eric Holder signed a memorandum last month reconstituting the group and will announce the details on Tuesday, one official said. Events like the April 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon, in which the attackers appeared to be influenced by extremist groups abroad, would not fall under the committees jurisdiction. theguardian/world/2014/jun/03/obama-revive-domestic-terror-task-force
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