Some of the most elite colleges and universities in the nation are being overrun by pro-terrorist demonstrations, forcing some to go on hybrid learning schedules, while at Columbia, Jewish students have been urged to go home for their own safety. Radical students are partaking in genocidal chants, and encampments have been set up in some locations, with those involved in the Columbia one vowing to defend their tent city from police action. And yet, despite the pro-terrorist sentiments among these crowds, the FBI does not seem interested in monitoring them.
According to FBI Director Christopher Wray, the agency does not “monitor” protests in general, but intelligence is shared with state and local law enforcement agencies when there are “specific threats of violence with campuses.”
The comments came in an interview with NBC Nightly News, when host Lester Holt asked the FBI director if he’s “concerned about threats emanating from these demonstrations.”
“Well, of course, demonstrations themselves are not something that we the FBI get involved in, but when violence ensues, that’s when we get concerned, when you have threats of violence," he said. "And so, we have seen, even before October 7, we saw a significant increase, especially in antisemitic threats and antisemitic violence. And since October 7, that number has gone up quite substantially.”
Later in the interview Wray emphasized that point.
“So, we thought that even before October 7, if you and I were having this conversation then, we would have said that the terrorism threat was already elevated. But post-October 7, it’s gone to a whole [other] level,” he noted.
TONIGHT: FBI Director Christopher Wray tells @LesterHoltNBC that the FBI doesn’t monitor campus protests but it does share intelligence about specific threats of violence with law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/VrBfveOsc4
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) April 23, 2024