It is not unusual for high-ranking politicians, congressional staffers, policy makers, journalists, members of the public, military personnel and/or government officials to reach out to Mike German for advice and for training. He is currently employed by the Brennan Center for Justice as a Fellow for the Liberty and National Security Program. This program “seeks to ensure that the U.S. government respects human rights and fundamental freedoms in conducting the fight against terrorism.” Prior to the Brennan Center, in 2006 German was Policy Counsel for National Security and Privacy for the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Washington, D.C. office.
On February 24, 2021, German spoke before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. He was invited to testify because he is regarded as an expert in the area of supremacist and far-right violence in the United States. German has seen the failures of federal law enforcement, the Justice Department and Homeland Security since 9/11/2001 and been sounding an alarm regarding their lack of an objective and comprehensive plan to combat Domestic Terrorism for years. His writings and presentations have been eerily prescient concerning white supremacist and far-right militant groups, and he has sounded the alarm for years over their active links to law enforcement.
German has also assembled a cogent and important plan on how to fight white...
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