The Hunt: QAnon, ISIS more alike than you might think

How does QAnon radicalize its followers?

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said its radicalization process is very similar to way the terror group ISIS does it.

Until Jan. 6, QAnon was just a group of 'weirdos who are absolutely bereft of any rationality,' says Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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