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The Hunt: Federal authorities working to stop extremists seeking materials to make bombs

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have teamed up to launch Operation Flashpoint — a program to help retailers detect signs that people or groups may be trying to obtain chemicals to make bombs.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Chuck Leas, a section chief in the Office for Bombing Prevention at CISA, explains how it works.

The Hunt: New details about Afghanistan’s rapid collapse

Months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, we are learning how they did it so quickly. On this week's episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, said they used sleeper cells.
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