Reported by Samantha-Jo Roth

Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), the chairmen of two subcommittees, sent a letter this week to Andrea Gacki, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, asking the agency to utilize its authority to “detect terrorist acts and financing through the USA Patriot Act.”

The congressmen are requesting that FinCEN provide a briefing to the committee staff by no later than Oct. 15 on how the agency is tracking the funding sources of anti-Israel student organizations and protests.

“The ability of the protestors to organize quickly, disrupt critical infrastructure, and the apparent ties to Hamas, pose a serious threat to our national security,” Huizenga and Luetkemeyer wrote in the letter obtained by the Washington Examiner. “FinCEN not only has the tools to detect terrorist financing within the United States, but also the duty ensure that Foreign Terrorist Organizations do not infiltrate and provide funding to domestic groups.”

There have been numerous warnings about Iranian influence in encouraging American protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned that Iran was seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and was stoking protests against Israel, including through funding demonstrations.

Haines made it clear that U.S. groups linked to Tehran have posed as online activists and encouraged protests, even providing financial support to some protest groups.

Read full report: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3177900/house-investigates-campus-protests-funded-terrorists/