Federal charges were filed this week against a Maryland woman and a neo-Nazi leader in Florida who are accused of planning a targeted attack on five power substations near the city of Baltimore.
The Department of Homeland Security’s lead official says he is “very concerned” that recently attempted attacks on the nation’s power grid could inspire copycat attacks by white nationalist groups.
Kenneth Wainstein, undersecretary of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, says the DHS is keeping its eye on the potentially racist motives behind a series of energy grid-related crimes. He said this theme of attack has been increasingly discussed among far-right extremist groups online, today!
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