Posted on 05/05/2009 3:41:28 PM PDT by kellynla
The Department of Homeland Security is reining in a "maverick" division of the agency following criticism of a report it issued that details domestic "extremists" ranging from anti-tax movements to pro-environment groups, a DHS official told FOX News on Tuesday.
The report, released in March and recalled within hours, was on top of a controversial document the same office produced last month that said U.S. veterans were ripe for recruitment by terrorist groups.
The quickly withdrawn report, titled the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon," comes from the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the same unit that produced the report on right-wing extremists recruiting vets. The document, first uncovered by The Washington Times, uses a broad brush to define terms used when analyzing dozens of supposedly extremist ideologies inside the United States.
They cover: Jewish extremists, animal rights extremists, Christian identity extremists, black separatism extremists, anti-abortion extremists, anti-immigration extremists, anti-technology extremists, Cuban independence extremists and tax resistance extremists, to name a few.
Department spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said the report was not authorized and is not being used.
"The lexicon was not an authorized I&A product, and it was recalled as soon as management discovered it had been released without authorization," Kudwa said. "Since this happened prior to our last experience, our new internal protocols were obviously not in place. Even so, this product is not, nor was it ever, in operational use."
The Homeland Security official who spoke to FOX News said the office that released the report had taken on a "maverick" attitude by acting without authorization and is now being "reined in."
In addition to the report on right-wing threats issued last month -- for which DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized -- DHS detailed left-wing threats in a similar report released in January.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
yeah!!! I always wanted to be on a “list”-— I never get picked
I give it 24 hours before McCain will praise this reasoned glossary.
I doubt those green cause bombers will wind up on here. It’s important not to confuse the public with who the real terrorists are.
In other words, they are trying to muzzle the whistle blowers who are disclosing these documents to the media.
Say wha'? The Himmler-dyke's patented non-apology was straight off the DNC assembly line. Shame on Fox for letting this little piece of revisionism pass unchallenged.
I was worried they would turn into a secret police, and dang aren’t they working on it.
Any muslims on that list?
Too late!
We are now terrorists!
One wonders if “reigned in” means the perps were fired?
Actually they are included. From the "lexicon"
environmental extremism
A movement of groups or individuals who use violence to end what they perceive as the degradation of the natural environment by humans. Members have advocated or engaged in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism in an attempt to advance their extremist goals. They target industries, businesses, and government entities that they allege are engaged in habitat destruction, citing urban sprawl and development, logging, construction sites and related equipment, and man-made sources of air, water, and land pollution.
(also: ecoterrorism)
green anarchism
A movement of groups or individuals who combine anarchist ideology with an environmental focus. They advocate a return to a preindustrial, agrarian society, often through acts of violence and terrorism.
No, but Jewish Extremist groups are mentioned. Christian Identity is mentioned, as are four different types of "black" extremists.
However to be fair, the introduction states:
This product provides definitions for key terms and phrases that often appear in DHS analysis that addresses the nature and scope of the threat that domestic, non-Islamic extremism poses to the United States.
Thus one would not expect Muslims or Islamics to be mentioned. But the statement also implies that there should be another document covering "Islamic" extremism, both foreign and domestic. Wonder if there is, and if so why hasn't it been leaked as well?
I saw that mentioned on FoxNews yesterday evening. Surprise surprise...
You’re quite right. Hard to believe...
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