During a portion of an interview with NBC News that was aired on Tuesday’s” NBC Nightly News”, FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that the agency is n’t monitoring the protests on college campuses because they “do n’t monitor protests” as a general rule,” but we do share intelligence about specific threats of violence with campuses, with state and local law enforcement”, and” when violence ensues, that’s when we get concerned, when you have threats of violence”.
Guest Lester Holt asked,” There’s an atmosphere right now we’re seeing perform out on some university campuses, the protests over what’s happening in Gaza. Are you watching that softly, are you concerned about threats emanating from these rallies”?
Wray responded,” Well, of course, presentations themselves are not something that we the FBI get involved in, but when crime ensues, that’s when we get concerned, when you have threats of violence. And thus, we have seen, yet before October 7, we saw a substantial boost, especially in racist threats and racist violence. And since October 7, that amount has gone up very substantially”.
Allen then asked,” Are you constantly monitoring these demonstrations”?
Wray answered,” We do n’t monitor protests, but we do share intelligence about specific threats of violence with campuses, with state and local law enforcement, but we do n’t monitor protests”.
Wray said in another meeting meeting that” we thought that even before October 7″ we would have said that the threat of terrorism had now increased. But write-up- October 7, it’s gone to a whole ]other ] level”.
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