The terrorist group ISIS has reportedly targeted a government employee with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in the Washington D.C. suburb of Gaithersburg, Maryland, according to an NBC News report.
NBC News 4 reports: “News4 has obtained federal law enforcement records showing the FBI investigated the case and warned the employee of the threat. Security was increased for the worker and no known connection to ISIS was revealed, according to police reports. The employee was advised to notify internal agency police about her ‘arrivals and departures from (the) NIST campus,’ according to law enforcement records.”
NBC News 4 states: “The NIST campus is heavily secured, with police checkpoints guarding entrances. Tall fences and video surveillance surround the perimeter. Public access is restricted.
Multiple purported ISIS hit lists have surfaced online in recent months, one of which included more than 1,400 names. In another instance, members of the military were named. ‘We have followed FBI protocols in addressing this situation and have shared the relevant and important security information with all parties involved,’ a NIST spokeswoman said. ‘As always, the safety and protection of our employees are essential to NIST and the Department of Commerce.’ The police reports reviewed by News4 specify the NIST employee has no ties to ISIS.”
The Washington D.C. area has been regularly threatened by the ISIS terrorist organization.
On November 16, 2015, three days after the ISIS terrorist attack in Paris which killed 130 people, the ISIS terrorist group made threats to attack America, and specifically to attack Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2015 – ISIS Terrorist Group Threatens to Attack Washington D.C. (Source: ABC)
Other ISIS terrorist threats have included threats against the White House, which they seek to “turn black.”
ISIS Terrorist Threat to Destroy White House in Washington, D.C. (Source: MEMRI)
Previously, ISIS threatened attacks on Washington DC in April 2015, there were vague, undocumented threats on July 4, and threats in August 2014, including an image of what appeared to be an ISIS flag in front of the White House.
In January 2015, the FBI arrested an ISIS supporter, Christopher Cornell, aka Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, in Ohio, who was reportedly plotting an attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.
Other DC area ISIS terrorist plots have included the arrest on December 18, 2015 of a Harrisburg area man, Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, who sought the beheading of President Obama, and the December 14, 2015 arrest of a Baltimore, Maryland area ISIS supporter, Mohamed Yousef Elshinawy, who was being paid to “cause destruction” in the United States.
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On behalf of the people of Washington D.C. and its suburbs, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) states to the ISIS terrorist organization that we are not afraid.
Washington D.C. was once burned down by British tyrants, and it was attacked by Al Qaeda terrorists. Washington D.C. was the target of nuclear annihilation by the tyrants of the Communist U.S.S.R. Washington D.C. has been the target of lunatics, extremists, and criminals for centuries. We do not expect this to change. Whatever comes its way, the capital and people of the United States of America will persevere and defeat all foes that seek it harm.
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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) stands in support of our universal human rights for all, and we stand in defiance against those, including terrorist and hate groups, which seek to attack such universal human rights, dignity, and security for all.
We cannot support human rights, if we also do not reject those who seek to rob our brothers and sisters in humanity of their lives and security, which are also our universal human rights.