根据联邦调查局内部的一份副本，联邦调查局首次将边缘阴谋论定为国内恐怖主义的一个因素威胁评估由雅虎获得！新
“联邦调查局评估反政府、基于身份和边缘政治阴谋论很可能会全部或部分地激励一些国内极端分子从事犯罪活动，有时甚至是暴力活动，”报告总结道。“联邦调查局进一步评估，在某些情况下，这些阴谋论很可能鼓励针对特定的人、地点和组织，从而增加针对这些目标的暴力可能性。这些评估是根据来自其他执法机构的信息、公开来源信息、法院文件、不同程度的接触和确证的人力资源以及联邦调查局的调查，以高度的信心进行的。”
该文件是从联邦调查局凤凰城的外地办事处标记的，日期是2019年5月30日。执法机构重申，他们不能仅仅根据第一修正案的言论自由来锁定嫌疑人，并对非法监测意见和调查阴谋驱动的暴力计划进行了区分。
该报告确定了几个基于阴谋的国内极端主义的具体例子，其中一些以前没有得到媒体的报道。这些例子涵盖了从反政府意识形态到白人身份极端主义的各种阴谋驱动的思想。
该报告讨论了匹兹堡枪手，他在生命之树犹太教堂以犹太教徒为目标，并与引用犹太复国主义占领政府阴谋论的模因互动。枪手在2018年匹兹堡松鼠山社区杀死11人前不久，在他的社交媒体上发布了这条迷因。
联邦调查局的报告特别提到了几起由特朗普相邻的阴谋论驱动的犯罪案件，包括2016年12月的事件，当时一名北卡罗来纳州男子在华盛顿特区的彗星乒乓球比萨饼餐馆开枪，以调查被称为“比萨饼玛瑙”的阴谋
“尽管阴谋论驱动的犯罪和暴力不是一个新现象，但今天的信息环境已经改变了阴谋论发展、传播和演变的方式，”该报告评估道。“互联网和社交媒体的出现，使得阴谋论的倡导者能够通过在线平台制作和分享更多的材料，让更多的消费者能够快速方便地访问。”
FOR FIRST TIME, FBI FINDS CONSPIRACY-DRIVEN CRIMES DRIVE DOMESTIC TERROR: REPORT
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has for the first time designated fringe conspiracy theories as a factor in domestic terrorism, according to a copy of an internal FBI threat assessment obtained by Yahoo! News.
"The FBI assesses anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to commit criminal and sometimes violent activity," the report concludes. "The FBI further assesses in some cases these conspiracy theories very likely encourage the targeting of specific people, places, and organizations, thereby increasing the likelihood of violence against these targets. These assessments are made with high confidence, based on information from other law enforcement agencies, open source information, court documents, human sources with varying degrees of access and corroboration, and FBI investigations."
The document was marked from the FBI's Phoenix field office and dated May 30, 2019. The law enforcement agency reiterated their inability to target suspects based solely on First Amendment free speech, drawing a distinction between unlawful monitoring of opinion versus investigation of conspiracy-driven plans for violence.
The report identified several specific instances of conspiracy-based domestic extremism, some of which have not received previous press coverage. These examples span a wide range of conspiracy-driven thinking, from anti-government ideologies to white identity extremism.
The report discussed the Pittsburgh shooter, who targeted Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue and interacted with a meme that referenced the Zionist Occupation Government conspiracy theory. The shooter posted this meme on his social media feed shortly before he killed 11 people in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh in 2018.
The FBI report specifically mentions several instances of crimes driven by Trump-adjacent conspiracy theories, including the December 2016 incident where a North Carolina man fired a rifle in the Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C., in order to investigate the conspiracy known as "Pizzagate."
"Although conspiracy theory-driven crime and violence is not a new phenomenon, today's information environment has changed the way conspiracy theories develop, spread, and evolve," the report assesses. "The advent of the Internet and social media has enabled promoters of conspiracy theories to produce and share greater volumes of material via online platforms that larger audience of consumers can quickly and easily access."
