I think they did it as far back as the Tea Party Days.
Rumors going they were taking pictures of plates at rallies.
I remember that.
What kind of plates? I went to some tea party rallies but don’t remember the story about the FBI taking pics of plates
Yep, Obama’s DHS headed by Janet Napolitano with their Domestic Extremist Lexicon which included returning veterans.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Domestic+Extremist+Lexicon&ia=web