Washington, D.C. — In a move reflecting growing concerns over domestic extremism, the U.S. government will significantly expand surveillance and monitoring operations targeting potential sleeper cells and so-called “incel” extremists, Pentagon officials confirmed this week.
At a press briefing on Friday, Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Marcus Fielding stated that incel-related violence poses a particularly insidious threat due to the nature of its perpetrators—typically isolated, aggrieved men driven by misogynistic ideology and radicalized online.