The threat has not disappeared. Of course, it will continue to exist, particularly so long as we tolerate immigration systems that imports these threats directly into our respective homelands. But This threat [jihadist terrorism] 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. A blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. (05:18–05:21)
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