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A report in the New York Post<\/em><\/a> on Monday revealed the existence of a new 10-person FBI task force focused on vandalism and other activity aimed toward Tesla in response to the actions of Elon Musk. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s re-announcement last week<\/a> of old charges against people accused of targeting Tesla locations for vandalism and arson, today\u2019s announcement didn\u2019t come with specific new details. It did come with more statements calling the acts \u201cdomestic terrorism,\u201d a line pushed by Musk, Trump, and others in recent weeks. FBI Director Kash Patel repeated the phrase while sharing the story on X<\/a>, also saying, \u201cThe FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional steps to crack down and coordinate our response.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unlike international groups branded as terrorism that the US government can bar support for, the US doesn\u2019t have a similar formal designation for domestic terrorist groups. A recent report by Wired<\/em><\/a> cites civil liberties experts who said possible effects of the designation could give law enforcement more surveillance authority over Musk protestors and possibly the ability to share information from investigations with Musk and Tesla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CNBC reports<\/a> that earlier on Monday, police said they\u2019d found multiple \u201cincendiary devices\u201d at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas. The Post <\/em>article also said the task force is \u201ctracking\u201d the \u201cTesla Takedown\u201d mass protests<\/a> scheduled for March 29th and looking into a \u201cDogeque.st\u201d site that claimed to dox some Tesla owners and locations, which it said appears to be run out of Sao Tome, the second-smallest country in Africa. 404 Media<\/em><\/a> reports that after going offline the same day it appeared, a version of the site has reappeared on the dark web.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n