Posted on 08/05/2021 4:08:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
DHS seems to be spending as much time tracking and prosecuting "domestic terrorism" as it does foreign terrorists and actual criminals.
The Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks for the purpose of protecting America against terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda. It was not intended to spy on ordinary Americans or track their political affiliations. But now DHS seems to be spending as much time tracking and prosecuting "domestic terrorism" as it does foreign terrorists and actual criminals, including those gang members who are crossing our southern border every day. That's the same border that Kamala Harris is in charge of.
An official at DHS stated in May 2021 that "domestic violent extremism poses the most lethal, persistent terrorism-related threat to our homeland today" — that in connection with a new program of monitoring extremism on public social media. DHS is going to be collecting and analyzing social media data in an effort to identify possible threats. That seems straightforward enough, except that one often discovers what one is looking for, and recent history suggests that government is tracking conservatives more closely than radical groups like Antifa.
On July 1, in one of many such actions, DHS predicted "increased activity" by what it calls "rightwing groups." It is mystifying how the department could make this prediction, especially since no such highly public prediction was made in regard to those terrorist groups that actually have stated their intention to harm us. Those groups, like Iran's Revolutionary Guards, seem to get a pass, but ordinary Americans become targets for bureaucrats who believe that the "biggest terrorism threat" comes from "individuals and small groups in the U.S."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Don’t believe communism is great? You are probably an extremist and a terrorist.
There were those who feared what DHS would turn into.
Now, they are proven correct.
From across The Pond...
This is the standing army the Founders of this great nation warned us about.
The DHS was the creation of George W Bush, a Republican.
If Jeb and George want to speak up about something that matters - THIS IS THE ISSUE.
Fixed it.
Yes, GWB did create the DHS, but totally against his will and his opinion. He did say that this could be a problem with a DHS but the politicians from both aisles forced his hand. GWB did not want to and tried to kill it.
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