Posted on 04/13/2009 10:02:53 PM PDT by ebiskit
Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled:
The “report” was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe it was real.
I spent the day chasing down DHS spokespeople, who have been tied up preparing for a very important homeland security event later today: The First Lady is coming to visit their Washington office. Priorities, you know.
Well, the press office got back to me and verified that the document is indeed for real.
They were very defensive — preemptively so — in asserting that it was not a politicized document and that DHS had done reports on “leftwing extremism” in the past. I have covered DHS for many years and am quite familiar with past assessments they and the FBI have done on animal rights terrorists and environmental terrorists. But those past reports have always been very specific in identifying the exact groups, causes, and targets of domestic terrorism, i.e., the ALF, ELF, and Stop Huntingdon wackos who have engaged in physical harassment, arson, vandalism, and worse against pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs, and university researchers.
By contrast, the piece of crap report issued on April 7 is a sweeping indictment of conservatives. And the intent is clear. As the two spokespeople I talked with on the phone today made clear: They both pinpointed the recent “economic downturn” and the “general state of the economy” for stoking “rightwing extremism.” One of the spokespeople said he was told that the report has been in the works for a year. My b.s. detector went off the chart, and yours will, too, if you read through the entire report — which asserts with no evidence that an unquantified “resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment and radicalizations activity” is due to home foreclosures, job losses, and…the historical presidential election.
In Obama land, there are no coincidences. It is no coincidence that this report echoes Tea Party-bashing left-wing blogs (check this one out comparing the Tea Party movement to the Weather Underground!) and demonizes the very Americans who will be protesting in the thousands on Wednesday for the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party.
From the report, p.2:
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
From the report. p. 3:
(U//LES) Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment. From the 2008 election timeframe to the present, rightwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and political prejudices in expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers.
(U) Exploiting Economic Downturn
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on the economy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors, and home foreclosures. Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish “financial elites.” These “accusatory” tactics are employed to draw new recruits into rightwing extremist groups and further radicalize those already subscribing to extremist beliefs. DHS/I&A assesses this trend is likely to accelerate if the economy is perceived to worsen.
From the report, p. 5:
(U//FOUO) Over the past five years, various rightwing extremists, including militias and white supremacists, have adopted the immigration issue as a call to action, rallying point,
and recruiting tool. Debates over appropriate immigration levels and enforcement policy generally fall within the realm of protected political speech under the First Amendment, but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.
And echoing the anti-military bigotry last seen in that disgusting Penn State University training video, there’s this on p. 7:
(U) Disgruntled Military Veterans
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.
There’s no hackneyed left-wing stereotype of conservatives left behind in this DHS intelligence and analysis assessment. I asked both DHS spokespeople to tell me who, specifically, the report was accusing of “rightwing extremist chatter” and which “antigovernment” groups are being monitored as “extremists.” They say they’ll get back to me.
In the meantime, be aware of this from the report, p. 8:
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months to ascertain with greater regional specificity the rise in rightwing extremist activity in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and social factors that drive rightwing extremist radicalization.
Better make a few last-minute signs for the Tea Party. Obama’s DHS is watching:
Honk if you’re a radicalized rightwing extremist!
Guilty of rightwing extremist chatter
Anti-government, pro-freedom: Sue me
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Well then I've got red flags everywhere. Every business email I send is heavily encrypted.
There is some kind of improvised, and hopefully unsuccessful ‘initiative’ emanating from this Administration, to do just that:it can come in a variety of expressions: from not “allowing” banks to give money back to them, to dangling enormous tantalizing stimulus packages in front of states who still have leaders who have enough principle not to bite hook, line, and sinker,
which effectively creates dissension between Governors and the citizenry of their states.
The wording of this document from the DHS shows us just what they intend to do.
No two ways about it, unless they come up with a VERY persuasive argument which explains that it’s not that at all, not at all.
Which they won’t do.
We should not get lost in side issues that are designed to soften resistance to the juggernaut this Administration is busy putting into place every single day, from a hundred different directions. We should CALL THEM on THIS, because THIS is part of their overall plan. If it weren’t , they wouldn’t be codifying it into legislation.
I never doubted that it was legit, only that I wanted a better citation before running with it. I'd sure like to know how far this thing has gone in terms of distribution.
Oathkeepers is starting to look more serious every day.
Maybe this was leaked because it WAS to get out to the gen pop or media, in order to get us to do something stupid.
It's more likely meant for intimidation if it was leaked on purpose.
You have to think like a frightened overlord to get it.
“I’d sure like to know how far this thing has gone in terms of distribution.”
It shows up in many many places, according to search engine hits.
This Genie is way out of the bottle. Let’s hope the Genie’s name isn’t Pandora!
Thanks for the ping.
I meant within DHS.
I like some of what their platform is all about. I would like to see the Independent party and the Constitution party combine.
The libertarian party has a few good points, but others just keep me at a distance.
There has got to be a way to challenge the two party system with credible, viable candidates.
The highest hurdle I see is overcoming the dollars spent by both the democrats and republicans to discredit and sideline any third party attempt at the process.
The media totally marginalizes any third party effort.
So, what to do?
Keep history in mind.
The left’s MO is to exterminate opposition.
They’re looking for an excuse.
“Many on here knew that this and the Patriot Act was going be used against us.”
I was always fearful of the Patriot Act, especially giving the government more latitude when it comes to phone tapping, etc. Hubby thought it was a good thing — would help to catch terrorists. I asked him, “It might be fine with Bush in the White House, but what if Hillary became Presdident, and SHE had that power?” That was back when we thought Hillary was the worst-case scenario. Little did we know...
Very difficult to break through the good ol boy network in Washington with ordinary folks with common sense on their side.
Combine all three and you have an instant viable party. Problem is...the commies already know this and run some of them as well...that is why they always put the least electable person upfront and keep the votes split.
Who exactly is going to ‘silence or take out’ Jews?
Exactly...
And I might add...the "left" is not just your lefties of the past...they have progressed into an entirely fascist bunch...the lot of them. Left and right is just a veneer...just like in France.
B..b..but I thought dissent was the ultimate patriotism!
“B..b..but I thought dissent was the ultimate patriotism!”
Yes. Just like paying taxes.
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