{"id":49462,"date":"2026-07-29T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49462"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:37:31","slug":"femas-new-mission-domestic-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/femas-new-mission-domestic-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA\u2019s New Mission: Domestic Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The disaster response agency forgets the weather, embraces pre-crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ken Klippenstein<\/a> Jul 28, 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, often criticized for its inadequate response to natural disasters like wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes, has been assigned a new mission: \u201cdomestic terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now FEMA is shelling out grant money to state and local authorities to build up capacity to carry out pre-crime operations against \u201corganized political violence,\u201d as one FEMA information bulletin I obtained says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bulletin, dated July 9, instructs local authorities to prioritize \u201cdomestic terrorism\u201d in their grant applications. Titled \u201cImplementation of National Security Presidential Memorandum-7\u2026,\u201d the document echoes President Trump\u2019s emphasis on rooting out suspected domestic terrorists before<\/em> an attack takes place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To head off these attacks, the bulletin tells states what to buy: training to spot \u201csocial media-based indicators,\u201d analysts to monitor \u201conline behaviors and digital footprints,\u201d and teams for \u201cmanaging persons of concern whose behavior indicates a potential trajectory toward domestic terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/td>FEMA Information Bulletin273KB \u2219 PDF file<\/td><\/tr>
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Some form of the word indicator<\/em> \u2014 indicators, indicative, indicates \u2014 appears ten times in the eight-page FEMA bulletin. It is a favorite euphemism of law enforcement because it obscures what\u2019s really happening: pre-crime. Indicators are something a person said or did that an officer has been trained to read as a sign of a crime that hasn’t happened and may never happen. Under this approach, the old requirement that evidence of a crime come first before any investigation is replaced by a forecast. It\u2019s vibes-based law enforcement, divination but with the imprimatur of national security respectability. And while it\u2019s mostly only been used against real, organized foreign terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS, it\u2019s now being deployed against Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To give you a sense of just how central pre-crime is to this approach, consider the following grant proposals the FEMA bulletin calls for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n