A collection of weapons and ammunition federal agents say they found in the apartment of a member of the U.S. Coast Guard accused of plotting a major terror attack against Americans.
Editor's Note: This is part two in a two-part series. The first part will discuss outside right-wing extremist actors, while the second will focus on insider extremists. In last week's On Security column , I discussed the right-wing extremist threat and how companies and organizations can protect themselves from attacks by external extremists. This week, I turn my attention to the threat posed by right-wing extremists who are insiders. Just for clarification, I am not talking about the reputational threat to a company or organization when they are found to be employing someone who holds radical or extremist beliefs. For example, an employee of the State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources was suspended after it became known that he was affiliated with the white supremacist movement, and was a prolific poster in online forums. Despite his rhetoric, however, there is no indication that he was planning or preparing for an...
