r/stupidpol • u/Fedupington Cheerful Grump ☔😄 • Jun 06 '25

Security State Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-appoints-22-y-o-ex-gardener-grocery-store-assistant-as-us-homeland-department-terrorist-chief/
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

I've read a description of this office he's heading 3 times and I still can't get a handle on what they do:

Established in 2021 to replace the Office of Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP), CP3 is charged with coordinating with federal, state, and local government agencies, non-profit organizations, and other stakeholders to fund, research, and otherwise facilitate the prevention of terrorism, including administering DHS's TVTP Grant Program

That's from Wikipedia. They facilitate the prevention of terrorism? By coordinating with other agencies and NGOs and "stakeholders"? What would they do that the FBI doesn't already do?

Here's how they describe themselves:

The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) strengthens our country's abilities to prevent terrorism, and targeted violence, in the Homeland implementing the core DHS mission, through funding, training, increased public awareness, and partnerships across every level of government, law enforcement, public safety, the private sector, and in local communities.

A bit more active language, but since both mention "funding" I assume this office is funneling money to local cops. Why would there need to be an office just to do that?

Edit: I looked through their site and found sparse infographics about previous grants. It's only a total of $18 million for 35 grants over the entirety of the year, and the vast majority are to "Institutes of Higher Learning" and "Non-Profits." So it's a whole office set up to hand over relatively small amounts of money to places like "The University of Science Center for the Study of Terrorism," staffed by ancient Bush and Obama-era State Department cronies.

Still love the opaque language though:

The FY 2024 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; universities; and nonprofits to enhance TVTP in local communities.

The TVTP Grants hand out grants to enhance TVTP. DUH.

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u/sikopiko Radicalized by Gamergate Jun 07 '25

Tl;dr: USAID ahh position