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CIA Counterterror Chief Suggests Going To War Against ‘Domestic Insurgents’
Summit News ^ | 4 Februrary 2021 | Steve Watson

Posted on 02/04/2021 7:10:00 PM PST by amorphous

The former head of the CIA Counterterrorism Center has suggested that counterinsurgency tactics used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan should be applied to ‘domestic extremists’ inside the US.

NPR reports that Robert Grenier, who directed the CIA’s Counterterrorism program from 2004 to 2006, declared “We may be witnessing the dawn of a sustained wave of violent insurgency within our own country, perpetrated by our own countrymen.”

In an op-ed for The New York Times last week, Grenier suggested that “extremists who seek a social apocalypse … are capable of producing endemic political violence of a sort not seen in this country since Reconstruction.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 01readpost101; 2004; 2006; cc; cia; ciactc; ctc; domesticterror; georgiagirl2; grenier; robertgrenier
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yep, the LSCATS are absolutely the most dangerous of all! ;)


61 posted on 02/04/2021 8:00:32 PM PST by amorphous
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

You are correct. But as someone who worked in the Army Security Agency, I can say with confidence: #DefundTheCiaNow


62 posted on 02/04/2021 8:02:56 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: StoneWall Brigade

>> Ahead...

Been here for a while now.

Have you noticed how quickly the Rats (officials & neighbors) joined in describing all Trump supporters as terrorists? That vile accusation isn’t born overnight. To boldly make such statements directed at 80 million Trump supporters requires time to develop — and was no doubt developing & stewing for years.

But now the light is on, and things are visibly nasty, but not new.


63 posted on 02/04/2021 8:09:18 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: central_va
No need for such destruction.

The generals are known.

Take out the treasonist leaders and their mouth piece.

The pawns in the neighborhoods if they get loud. Everyone knows who they are, with their Plugs/Heels Up signs out front.

The Leftist are known, the others are just low information voters and can be salvaged.

64 posted on 02/04/2021 8:15:16 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: amorphous

Well, then....

that means that we’ll finally be getting rid of BLM and Antifa, and AOC and Tlaib and Omar, among several others, including Pelosi and Schumer and Schiff and Nadler.


65 posted on 02/04/2021 8:15:26 PM PST by adorno
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Grenier, also a former CIA station chief in Pakistan and Afghanistan, grouped together “the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters, the Oath Keepers, ‘Christian’ national chauvinists, white supremacists and QAnon fantasists” and claimed they are all “committed to violent extremism.

Except for "white supremacists", which are probably a rare breed, and maybe even a made-up-term this day and time, It's pretty certain a large number of these others are indeed Christian and non-violent unless they're defending life, liberty, or property. Hence, this is really just the beginning of war on Christianity with a few fluff groups thrown in to muddy things.

But yes, I don't see how FR escapes their surveillance methods or attempts at installing agent provocateurs.

And btw, this is the first time I've seen the term, "‘Christian’ national chauvinists", so I tried to look it up. This is all I found:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvinism

66 posted on 02/04/2021 8:16:32 PM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

CIA is legally disallowed from operating on American soil. PERIOD


67 posted on 02/04/2021 8:17:38 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Yep


68 posted on 02/04/2021 8:18:05 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: a fool in paradise

Guilty as sin, free as a bird. Bill Ayers...terrorist.


69 posted on 02/04/2021 8:19:27 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: ifinnegan

We were witnessing the dawn of a sustained wave of violent insurgency within our own country, perpetrated by our own countrymen all summer and the CIA and FBIAS didn’t even notice.


70 posted on 02/04/2021 8:21:05 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

IHMO, we’ve entered the times we were forewarned to expect. And time to recall those words that give hope and comfort.


71 posted on 02/04/2021 8:22:07 PM PST by amorphous
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

They haven’t won in Afghanistan after 20 years.


72 posted on 02/04/2021 8:24:31 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: amorphous

Start with Portland and Seattle.


73 posted on 02/04/2021 8:24:47 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

LOL... No. Not even close.

We couldn’t even roust a bunch of goat herders in Afghanistan.

The common US Constitution loving hunter is a whole ‘nuther breed.


74 posted on 02/04/2021 8:28:04 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: amorphous

Seems to me this CIA spook is trying to provoke. Disgusting.


75 posted on 02/04/2021 8:34:09 PM PST by PGR88
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To: amorphous

Hey, you’re threatening to kill us.


76 posted on 02/04/2021 8:36:51 PM PST by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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To: central_va
Army vs Army would be playing by their rules, which we would lose.

This will be people vs state.

Many thousands of Lone Wolves taking targets of opportunity.

Being in the service industry, I know that the elites do not do things themselves.

There are many properties where as up to seven plus crews come onto location. Many people will know gate codes and entry points.

I've had many people say they "like their privacy" when 3-7 crews have their gate codes and door lock codes.

77 posted on 02/04/2021 8:40:48 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: RBW in PA

The Nashville bomber comes to mind along with lots of other screw ups on the part of the FBI.

They’re looking for needles in a haystack and missing the hay that ends up as a lone wolf.


78 posted on 02/04/2021 8:43:31 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: PGR88

It’s no longer about provocation...

We’re at ‘opportunity’ now.


79 posted on 02/04/2021 8:45:50 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: amorphous

I think that we should all just take a deep breath.

We should just R-E-L-A-X....

Don’t post anything that can be used to draw attention.


80 posted on 02/04/2021 8:47:27 PM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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