Posted on 06/20/2009 3:31:52 AM PDT by Man50D
The Department of Defense has withdrawn a training manual question that linked protesters across the United States to terrorism, but there's evidence coming to light that describing Americans as terror suspects, or "low-level" terror suspects, is routine.
According to the letter from the Northern California ACLU, the DoD's "Annual Level 1 Antiterrorism (AT) Awareness Training for 2009" tells department personnel "that certain First Amendment-protected activity may amount to 'low-level terrorism.'"
Specifically the training "Knowledge Check 1" asks, "Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?"
The multiple choices are: Attacking the Pentagon, IEDs, Hate crimes against racial groups and Protests.
The correct answer in the training course is "Protests."
Now, according to a Fox News report, the Pentagon has withdrawn the question.
A spokesman told the network the question didn't make it clear what the difference was between violent and illegal actions and peaceful protests, which are protected by the U.S. Constitution.
"They should have made it clearer," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Les Melnyk told Fox. He declined to specify when the line would be crossed from one into the other.
But he said all of the 1,546 people who took the exam and saw the question will be notified of the "error" and told that there is a difference between lawful objections and violent unrest.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Mistake after mistake in publicizing which conservatives are terrorists. Somebody is going to get their wrist slapped on this one.
The 0bama brownshirts were caught off guard in it being released and public knowledge. Doesn’t change the fact the corrupt thugs in office right now are trying to silence dissent and must be stopped.
Christian Reagan conservative, ex U.S. Army. Retired business owner and I went to a tea party.
Yeah I’m a dangerous extremist terror suspect?
Ok pentagon, come and get me.
Ya dumb asses.
I have been to a few tea parties and now I am called a “terrorist”? As I say, your terrorist is my freedom fighter. LOL
Well these “thugs” are sowing the seeds for bigtime trouble ahead is they try to silence dissent.
This report will only ANGER more Americans.
Un believable Biggirl,
So what did ya think of the new Trek movie?
I thought it was great.
It probably doesn’t take much to turn many well-meaning, hard-working law enforcement officers into brownshirts working for the New Socialist Dictatorship. Just a slight tweaking of the rules, is all.
After all, they still want that pension. They still need those medical benefits. The lecture in the morning briefing room doesn’t have to change all that much for the effects out on the street to change dramatically.
Saw the new ST movie, it was GREAT! I thought that it was good to show the young Captain Kirk as a rebel who became a leader.:)=^..^=
Is it any wonder why the rates of sales in both guns and ammo has gone WAY UP! People are sensing there will be TROUBLE down the road.
You had to know this was coming.
No one but a terrorist would protest emperor bammy, president for life of the glorious mohammedan peoples democratic socialist republic of afro-ameristan.
It’s just not done.
Plus a number of armed forces people must have gotten TO after one of the generals got dissed by one Sen.Boxter who demanded she be called “Senator” not “m’am”.
You will see a split down the middle with the police forces bigtime, those for the people and those against.
That’s right. The last line of defense is at our own doorsteps.
Amen to that.
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