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A law enforcement<\/span> intelligence hub in New Jersey fretted that the growing class divide in the U.S. could drive a wave of lone-wolf attacks on high-flying corporate executives, according to a report obtained by The Intercept.<\/p>\n The New Jersey Regional Operations and Intelligence Center, one of the so-called fusion centers<\/a> that serve as intelligence clearinghouses for cops, warned in a bulletin<\/a> earlier this year that disaffected Americans were increasingly blaming society\u2019s ills on rich people and corporate bigwigs.<\/p>\n The report specifically cited the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024 \u2014 allegedly by Luigi Mangione \u2014 as an expression of anti-fat-cat rhetoric. To the analysts at the New Jersey fusion center, Thompson\u2019s killing hinted at a larger trend.<\/p>\n \u201cPublic discourse increasingly attributes the challenges faced by the middle and lower classes to the actions and influence of wealthy corporate executives,\u201d the fusion center memo says.<\/p>\n By warning corporate security outfits of the danger posed by average Americans who blame their problems on the actions of corporate executives, the report effectively dedicates public resources to securing a private system that has made the few extremely wealthy at the expense of the many.<\/p>\n \u201cThe report seems to be putting forth the view that that is an extremist viewpoint, rather than something that the state has some responsibility in correcting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Michael German, a former FBI agent specializing in domestic terrorism and longtime critic of fusion centers<\/a>, said that by warning CEOs of threats, the bulletin was effectively taking the side of the rich and powerful over ordinary people who are critical of inequality \u2014 a typical dynamic at fusion centers.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way it\u2019s written, the report seems to be putting forth the view that that is an extremist viewpoint, rather than something that the state has some responsibility in correcting,\u201d German said. \u201cAll the resources of the national network of fusion centers, which includes federal resources along with state and local resources, are devoted toward providing security information<\/a> to private entities<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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