As the DNC Chicago 2024 event approaches, a Department of Homeland Security analysis warns of threats against the Democratic National Convention.A new warning from Homeland Security officials centers around a major event in Chicago this summer: the Democratic National Convention.
Inside Chicago's United Center, the DNC 2024, which will be held Aug. 19 to 22, will be a National Special Security Event.During a recent speech, Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling assured the public his department has been preparing from the moment the city was chosen for the event.
"The threat environment is the most complex, dynamic, and quite frankly, dangerous that I've seen, in the 40-plus years that I've been involved in law enforcement and Homeland Security," Cohen told the ABC7 I-Team. The DHS bulletin, titled "Threats to National Political Party Conventions" states that, "Nation-state and non-state actors may view these events as an opportunity to influence or disrupt the U.S. political process using hostile or violent disruption tactics on a national media stage."
Cyber techniques could also be used to "disrupt" communications and command and control infrastructure, the analysis said."While the threat environment is highly dangerous, you increase the potential that the conventions will go off without a major security incident when state and local authorities are well prepared," Cohen told the I-Team.