{"id":755,"date":"2020-09-16T11:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/?p=755"},"modified":"2021-04-04T09:55:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T13:55:04","slug":"the-security-threat-of-qanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/16\/the-security-threat-of-qanon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Security Threat of QAnon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve begun compiling a list of resources for those who want to know more about QAnon and why it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s increasingly seen by law enforcement and others as a domestic security threat in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How To Rescue Someone From A Conspiracy Theory.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Charles Duhigg,\u00c2\u00a0Slate.\u00c2\u00a0 29 November 2020.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2020\/11\/how-to-talk-with-family-about-conspiracy-theories.html\">https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2020\/11\/how-to-talk-with-family-about-conspiracy-theories.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amarnath Amarasingam and Marc-Andre Argentino, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>CTC Sentinel,<\/em> vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2020). Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hy9JcN\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hy9JcN<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abby Ohlheiser, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Too Late to Stop QAnon with Fact Checks and Account Bans,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>MIT Technology Review<\/em> (July 26, 2020).<br>Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/35GmC27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/35GmC27<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153QAnon and the Threat to the US Homeland,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>Intelbrief,<\/em> Soufan Center (July 20, 2020). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RxRrOk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RxRrOk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FBI Intelligence Bulletin, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Anti-Government, Identity Based, and Fringe Conspiracy Theories Very Likely Motivate Some Domestic Extremists to Commit Criminal, Sometimes Violent Activity,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (May 30, 2019). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yhoo.it\/2ZFmdcb\">htt<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yhoo.it\/2ZFmdcb\" target=\"_blank\">ps:\/\/yhoo.it\/2ZFmdcb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adrienne LaFrance, &#8220;The Prophecies of Q,&#8221; <em>The Atlantic<\/em> (June 2020). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2H2lPy2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2H2lPy2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elise Thomas, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153QAnon Deploys &#8216;Information Warfare&#8217; to Influence the 2020 Election,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>Wired<\/em> (February 17, 2020). Online at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/32BAmcE\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/32BAmcE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julie Carrie Wong, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Down the Rabbit Hole: How QAnon Conspiracies Thrive on Facebook,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>The Guardian<\/em> (June 25, 2020). Online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3kovL3r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3kovL3r<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie Smith, &#8220;Interpreting Social Qs: Implications of the Evolution of QAnon,&#8221; <em>Graphika<\/em> (August 24, 2020). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/graphika.com\/reports\/interpreting-social-qs-implications-of-the-evolution-of-qanon\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/graphika.com\/reports\/interpreting-social-qs-implications-of-the-evolution-of-qanon\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitney Phillips, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please Don&#8217;t Mock Conspiracy Theories,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>Wired<\/em> (February 27, 2020). Online at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2E5vliQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2E5vliQ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Posner, &#8220;The Evangelicals Who Are Taking On QAnon,&#8221; <em>The New York Times<\/em> (September 17, 2020). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/33Any5m\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nyti.ms\/33Any5m<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Murphy, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For Some Military Veterans, QAnon Conspiracies Offer Comfort and Belonging,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <em>Connecting Vets<\/em> (August 28, 2020). Online at:<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectingvets.radio.com\/articles\/opinion\/why-veterans-believe-in-qanon-conspiracies\">https:\/\/connectingvets.radio.com\/articles\/opinion\/why-<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/connectingvets.radio.com\/articles\/opinion\/why-veterans-believe-in-qanon-conspiracies\" target=\"_blank\">veterans-believe-in-qanon-conspiracies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sabrina Rodriguez and Marc Caputo, &#8220;Florida Latinos Swamped by Wild Conspiracy Theories,&#8221; <em>Politico<\/em> (September 14, 2020). Online at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/09\/14\/florida-latinos-disinformation-413923\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/09\/14\/florida-latinos-disinformation-413923<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Lytvynenko, &#8220;Friends And Family Members Of QAnon Believers Are Going Through A &#8216;Surreal Goddamn Nightmare&#8217;,&#8221; <em>Buzzfeed News<\/em> (September 18, 2020). Online at: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/janelytvynenko\/qanon-families-friends\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/janelytvynenko\/qanon-families-friends<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NOTE: As time permits, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be adding more to this list &#8211; feel free to email suggestions to me of quality resources to consider adding. Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve begun compiling a list of resources for those who want to know more about QAnon and why it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s increasingly seen by law enforcement and others as a domestic security threat in the U.S. &#8220;How To Rescue Someone From A Conspiracy Theory.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Charles Duhigg,\u00c2\u00a0Slate.\u00c2\u00a0 29 November 2020.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2020\/11\/how-to-talk-with-family-about-conspiracy-theories.html Amarnath Amarasingam and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/16\/the-security-threat-of-qanon\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,9,8],"class_list":["post-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conspiracy-theory","tag-domestic-extremism","tag-qanon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}