What's more, it is becoming increasingly well organized—even across national borders, according to extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. “In the German milieu, we repeatedly observe close ties to right-wing extremist milieus abroad, particularly in Austria and Switzerland, but also in Eastern European countries,” Schindler said in an interview with Ippen.Media's Frankfurter Rundschau.

What's more, it is becoming increasingly well organized—even across national borders, according to extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. “In the German milieu, we repeatedly observe close ties to right-wing extremist milieus abroad, particularly in Austria and Switzerland, but also in Eastern European countries,” Schindler said in an interview with Ippen.Media's Frankfurter Rundschau.

What's more, it is becoming increasingly well organized—even across national borders, according to extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. “In the German milieu, we repeatedly observe close ties to right-wing extremist milieus abroad, particularly in Austria and Switzerland, but also in Eastern European countries,” Schindler said in an interview with Ippen.Media's Frankfurter Rundschau.

What's more, it is becoming increasingly well organized—even across national borders, according to extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. “In the German milieu, we repeatedly observe close ties to right-wing extremist milieus abroad, particularly in Austria and Switzerland, but also in Eastern European countries,” Schindler said in an interview with Ippen.Media's Frankfurter Rundschau.

“This cell was particularly serious,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism researcher at the Counter Extremism Project who keeps tabs on the digital accounts of the Base. “It should be noted that the group’s cell in Spain had its own public Telegram channel, which is unusual, where they repeatedly called on others to join the group, shared photos of weapons training and urged militant action.”

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, says this case carries the hallmarks of a terror plot.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding Germany’s defense against drones.  [Starting at 16:24]

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: “The Muslim Brotherhood has always been exceptionally difficult to counter in the West. While there’s a clear track record of individuals connected to the Brotherhood’s network who later appeared in Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, the group has been strategically careful never to explicitly promote or call for violence in Western countries. This created a significant challenge: the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and direct violence has always been tactical and geographically limited. The organization has used violence in Türkiye, Syria, and Egypt, but deliberately avoided it in Europe and North America, allowing it to claim protection under freedom of religion and speech.”

The Counter Extremism Project, an association focused on extremist groups, said Nazzaro worked for the US Department of Homeland Security between 2004 and 2006, and reportedly with US forces in the Middle East on counterterrorism, a role that gave him top-secret clearance. Nazzaro resigned his US national security position after developing his white nationalist beliefs, the Counter Extremism Project said.

However, the checks were probably not always particularly thorough, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project, told our editorial team. “The withdrawal from Afghanistan was poorly planned and even worse executed,” said Schindler.