Daryl Johnson was the senior domestic terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) from August 2004 to April 2010. During his time at DHS, Mr. Johnson wrote numerous sensitive intelligence reports and briefed a wide range of organizations including congressional staff; federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; members of the intelligence community; colleges and universities; and other non-government organizations.

Johnson, an expert on right-wing extremism and former civil servant, landed in hot water after a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism leaked to the public. Writing it was his responsibility as senior domestic terror analyst at the Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, but his use of that term generated a tremendous amount of political backlash and backtracking. He painstakingly establishes a record of domestic terrorism incidents, arguing that tracking how perpetrators recruit is essential. His descriptions of homegrown terrorist organizations’ brutal murders and pursuit of biochemical weapons validates concerns about DHS’s reorganization to exclusively focus on domestic Muslim extremism.

• Foreword by Mark PotokChapter 1: The LeakChapter 2: Developing InterestsChapter 3: Right-Wing Extremism In the 1990sChapter 4: Army Counterterrorism AnalystChapter 5: Developing ExpertiseChapter 6: Life at DHSChapter 7: Team LeaderChapter 8: Gaining RecognitionChapter 9: Gathering StormChapter 10: Four QuestionsChapter 11: AftermathChapter 12: ValidationChapter 13: Correcting the RecordChapter 14: Retrospective

Daryl Johnson was the senior domestic terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) from August 2004 to April 2010. During his time at DHS, Mr. Johnson wrote numerous sensitive intelligence reports and briefed a wide range of organizations including congressional staff; federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; members of the intelligence community; colleges and universities; and other non-government organizations.

Johnson, an expert on right-wing extremism and former civil servant, landed in hot water after a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism leaked to the public. Writing it was his responsibility as senior domestic terror analyst at the Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, but his use of that term generated a tremendous amount of political backlash and backtracking. He painstakingly establishes a record of domestic terrorism incidents, arguing that tracking how perpetrators recruit is essential. His descriptions of homegrown terrorist organizations’ brutal murders and pursuit of biochemical weapons validates concerns about DHS’s reorganization to exclusively focus on domestic Muslim extremism.

• Foreword by Mark PotokChapter 1: The LeakChapter 2: Developing InterestsChapter 3: Right-Wing Extremism In the 1990sChapter 4: Army Counterterrorism AnalystChapter 5: Developing ExpertiseChapter 6: Life at DHSChapter 7: Team LeaderChapter 8: Gaining RecognitionChapter 9: Gathering StormChapter 10: Four QuestionsChapter 11: AftermathChapter 12: ValidationChapter 13: Correcting the RecordChapter 14: Retrospective

Daryl Johnson was the senior domestic terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) from August 2004 to April 2010. During his time at DHS, Mr. Johnson wrote numerous sensitive intelligence reports and briefed a wide range of organizations including congressional staff; federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; members of the intelligence community; colleges and universities; and other non-government organizations.

Johnson, an expert on right-wing extremism and former civil servant, landed in hot water after a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism leaked to the public. Writing it was his responsibility as senior domestic terror analyst at the Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, but his use of that term generated a tremendous amount of political backlash and backtracking. He painstakingly establishes a record of domestic terrorism incidents, arguing that tracking how perpetrators recruit is essential. His descriptions of homegrown terrorist organizations’ brutal murders and pursuit of biochemical weapons validates concerns about DHS’s reorganization to exclusively focus on domestic Muslim extremism.

• Foreword by Mark PotokChapter 1: The LeakChapter 2: Developing InterestsChapter 3: Right-Wing Extremism In the 1990sChapter 4: Army Counterterrorism AnalystChapter 5: Developing ExpertiseChapter 6: Life at DHSChapter 7: Team LeaderChapter 8: Gaining RecognitionChapter 9: Gathering StormChapter 10: Four QuestionsChapter 11: AftermathChapter 12: ValidationChapter 13: Correcting the RecordChapter 14: Retrospective