China News Service, September 22. According to Reuters, on the 21st local time, FBI Director Chris Ray stated that the number of domestic terrorism cases investigated by the FBI has doubled since the spring of 2020.

The U.S. Department of Justice has previously warned that the threat posed by American white supremacists and anti-government militias is increasing.

On August 19, local time, a man drove a black pickup to the Library of Congress and claimed that there was a bomb in the vehicle.

The incident led to the blockade of the streets around the U.S. Capitol, and the police also evacuated staff from surrounding congressional buildings and the Federal Supreme Court.

The picture shows that Independence Avenue on the south side of the American Chamber of Commerce was blocked.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

　　According to reports, Chris Ray testified in the Senate that the number of domestic terrorism cases in the United States has skyrocketed. The FBI currently has about 2,700 terrorism cases under investigation, which is much higher than the approximately 1,000 cases in the spring of 2020.

　　Chris Ray pointed out: "In response to the ever-changing threats, the FBI has invested a lot of resources in domestic terrorism investigations in the past year, and its manpower has increased by 260%."

　　The report pointed out that supporters of former U.S. President Trump tried to reverse the results of the 2020 election. On January 6, 2021, the Capitol riot broke out, and domestic terrorism in the United States has a new urgency.

　　U.S. Attorney General Garland stated that the situation on January 6 showed that white supremacists and militia groups have become America’s greatest domestic security threats.

　　The Biden administration announced a plan in June 2021 to combat domestic terrorism.

The plan calls for increased information sharing between federal and local officials and social media companies, provides additional resources to identify and report threats, and adopts new deterrent measures to prevent Americans from joining dangerous organizations.