DEEP DIVE: In Wake Of Trump Attack, How To Stop the Violence?

Former CIA officers weigh in on strategies for countering violent extremism

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA – July 13: Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

By Tom Nagorski

Tom Nagorski is the Managing Editor for The Cipher Brief.  He previously served as Global Editor for Grid and served as ABC News Managing Editor for International Coverage as well as Senior Broadcast Producer for World News Tonight.

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Almost from the moment the shots were fired in Butler, Pennsylvania Saturday, terrorism experts and ordinary Americans shared a common fear: that extremists on the fringes of the country’s deep political and cultural divides were now only more likely to turn to violence. 

“The lethality of the anti-government, anti-authority movement has really increased on both sides,” former FBI Executive Assistant Director Jill Sanborn told The Cipher Brief, “and I think that is showing in this attack.”

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