According to a newly released report from the Department of Defense, the Pentagon has investigated 183 occurrences of extremism within military ranks. Such occurrences include “advocating for, engaging in, or supporting the overthrow of the U.S. Government or seeking to alter the form of the Government by unconstitutional or other unlawful means.”
Of the 183 total cases, 14 Army investigations are looking into “advocating or engaging in unlawful force or violence to achieve goals that are political, religious, discriminatory, or ideological in nature” while another 43 Army investigations will look into those accused of “advocating, engaging in, or supporting terrorism within the United States or abroad.”
If you’re interested in commentary, analysis or insights regarding this striking number of extremism investigations within the military, please consider Matt Dallek. He is a professor at GW’s Graduate School of Political Management. Dallek is a political historian with expertise in the intersection of social crises and political transformation, the evolution of the modern conservative movement, and liberalism and its critics. Along with four co-authored books, Dallek is the author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right, which explores the history and influence of America’s right-wing activism.
If you would like to speak with Dallek, please contact GW Media Relations Specialist Tayah Frye at tayah [dot] frye
gwu [dot] edu (tayah[dot]frye[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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