But this threat has been severely diminished. The world looks very different today because of it. For far too long, however, Our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. Even today, the very idea that far left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy. (03:22–03:27)
CLAIM
Asserts that the counterterrorism doctrine has overlooked extremist violence from the political left.
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