article_snippet.sent: The public became aware of the true danger of the extreme right.  
article_snippet.sent: Reports connected Timothy McVeigh and Timothy McVeigh accomplice Terry Nichols to anti-government ideology movements, such as the militia movement, as well as to white supremacist causes.
article_snippet.sent: The Federal Bureau of Investigation's coverage of domestic terrorism focused on the activities of Puerto Rican radicals and animal rights and environmental extremists.
article_snippet.sent: These incidents infuriated the entire extreme right, which saw These incidents as deliberate attempts by the government to kill American citizens.
article_snippet.sent: Increased scrutiny of right-wing extremists resulted in a flurry of arrests for everything from terrorist plots to hate crimes.  
article_snippet.sent: Though it had paid a high price to do so, it seemed that the United States had recognized the dangers that right-wing extremists posed.
article_snippet.sent: The government, law enforcement, the news media and the public all rushed to grapple with the issue of Islamic extremism.
article_snippet.sent: the 9/11 attacks made starkly clear the threat that international radical Islamist groups posed to the United States.
article_snippet.sent: Radical Islam, whether abroad or homegrown, represents a serious threat to the safety and security of Americans.  
article_snippet.sent: right-wing extremism history since the Oklahoma City bombing has consisted of a steady stream of plots, conspiracies, terrorist acts, and hate crimes.  
article_snippet.sent: right-wing extremism, too, represents a serious threat.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, in recent years, violence from the extreme right has again surged—and at levels reminiscent of the dark days of the 1990s.
article_snippet.sent: From 1995 through 2000, according to statistics from the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, right-wing extremists were responsible for at least 47 different terrorist acts, conspiracies or plots.
article_snippet.sent: However, during the past six years, from 2009 through 2014, right-wing extremists in the U.S. were involved in at least 42 actual or attempted terrorist acts.
article_snippet.sent: statistics from the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism illustrate that "homegrown violent extremism" is not limited to extremism motivated by radical Islam.  
article_snippet.sent: What the tragedies of 1995 and 2001 together teach is that the United States faces threats from multiple sources of extremism, all of which must be taken seriously.
article_snippet.sent: Consequently, Americans must have the wisdom to respond effectively and intelligently to ideological violence stemming from all sources.
highlights_snippet.sent: Deborah Lauter and Mark Pitcavage: Right-wing extremism should still be taken seriously .