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Threat of Legal Action Prompts U.S. Army to Finally Admit Major Mistake
Operation Rescue ^ | October 28, 2024 | Operation Rescue

Posted on 10/28/2024 4:13:26 PM PDT by Morgana

Corrects Claim that Operation Rescue is a Terrorist Organization

Wichita, KS – On August 5, 2024, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) sent a legal demand letter on behalf of Operation Rescue to Christine E. Wormuth, the Secretary of the Army. The letter demanded a clear, direct acknowledgement and written apology for grossly mislabeling Operation Rescue as a domestic terrorist group in its training sessions – not once, not twice, but approximately 150 times over a seven-year period. The letter also demanded express assurance that such baseless labeling will not recur.

Whistleblower Photo Goes Viral

Operation Rescue’s demand letter came after a whistleblower released a photo on X of a presentation slide falsely identifying Operation Rescue and other pro-life organizations as “TERRORIST GROUPS” at a training at Fort Liberty Army Installation in North Carolina.

“This type of training that mislabels peaceful pro-life groups is a disgrace to these men and women who fight real terrorists,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “If peaceful pro-life activism is now ‘terrorism,’ what does that say about a society that allows Planned Parenthood to profit from selling the remains of aborted children? The true criminals are those profiting from death, not those defending life.”

Newman was not the only one aghast by the Army’s shocking designation.

Legislator Gets Involved

Amid a media uproar, U.S. Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter confronting Wormuth for the Army’s egregious targeting of pro-life groups. Wormuth admitted in her July 16 response that the controversial slide had been used every two to three weeks for at least seven years. The letter included the following statement:

“I want to state unequivocally that non-profit groups such as National Right to Life and PETA, are not terrorist groups and should not be described as such in Army documents or training materials” (emphasis added).

Newman observed the statement was “bizarre since PETA, an animal rights group, was not on the referenced slide at all.” Yet, Operation Rescue, featured most prominently, was “overtly absent.”

Army Concedes after Operation Rescue Threatens Legal Action

The ACLJ’s demand letter, sent on behalf of Operation Rescue, emphasized the Army’s statement had “no reference to [Operation Rescue] and no disclaimer of the description of [Operation Rescue] as a terrorist organization.”

When faced with the threat of legal action, the Army conceded and sent a letter to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel U.S. House of Representatives. The correspondence provided details concerning the investigation into Fort Liberty’s trainings and steps taken to ensure this type of mislabeling would not happen in the future. The letter explicitly stated that Fort Liberty training presented to Soldiers at Fort Liberty on July 10 inaccurately referenced Operation Rescue in a manner inconsistent with the Army’s anti-terrorism policy and training.

Operation Rescue Celebrates Victory, Vows to Keep Fighting

This is a victory, not only for Operation Rescue and other pro-life groups, but also for the American people and First Amendment rights.

“The Army knows it had no right to brand Operation Rescue a terrorist group without a shred of evidence. This win reaffirms that the Army should concentrate on real threats, not smear campaigns.”

Newman added, “Operation Rescue did not and will not back down. No label, no smear, no lie will ever stop us from standing up for the unborn. For 30 years, our only weapons have been faith, truth, and peaceful protest. If speaking for the unborn makes us dangerous, then the real threat lies within those trying to silence us.”


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; aclj; domesticterrorist; fortbragg; operationrescue; prolife; r; usarmy
Those of you who are military here, please tell me someone in the higher ups will get their butts handed to them over this?
1 posted on 10/28/2024 4:13:26 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

TRUMP WILL NEED A LARGE BROOM


2 posted on 10/28/2024 4:16:05 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Powerwasher!


3 posted on 10/28/2024 4:16:46 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Morgana

https://www.operationrescue.org/archives/operation-rescue-endorses-trump-for-president-and-encourages-all-pro-life-groups-to-unify-behind-him/

Operation Rescue Endorses Trump for President and Encourages All Pro-Life Groups to Unify Behind Him


4 posted on 10/28/2024 4:20:46 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Morgana

Nope as a vet I remember the military disregarded President Trump’s direct orders and got away with it!


5 posted on 10/28/2024 4:25:37 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Morgana

“Fort Liberty”? Never heard of this one.


6 posted on 10/28/2024 4:27:00 PM PDT by Howie66 ("Let's Go Brenda!!")
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To: CodeToad

And a powerful one at that.


7 posted on 10/28/2024 4:36:07 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: ridesthemiles

A very large one.


8 posted on 10/28/2024 4:36:30 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: CodeToad

What the hell is a Fort Liberty? Is that right next to Fort Joy? I think it is really Fort Bragg.


9 posted on 10/28/2024 4:39:52 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman

Wasn’t “Fort Liberty” at one time called “Fort Bragg?”


10 posted on 10/28/2024 4:46:05 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: ohioman

Trump said he would name it back. Hope he does.


11 posted on 10/28/2024 4:56:44 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Morgana

Sorry, no.


12 posted on 10/28/2024 5:47:55 PM PDT by twri719 (Quite.)
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To: Morgana
Those of you who are military here, please tell me someone in the higher ups will get their butts handed to them over this?

Not while this regime is in office. They’ve done countless tings to neuter our military. 🤬

13 posted on 10/28/2024 6:30:56 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: Harpotoo

Admiral Zunkwatever of the USCG defied his orders on gays. He should have fired him immediately but didn’t. The mutiny of the generals and such began from there. It was a mutiny. They defied him at every turn.


14 posted on 10/28/2024 6:38:33 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: Morgana; All

A Woman is being prosecuted for burning down a building that was slated to be an abortion clinic- Her lawyers should be fightign the case by saying as a pundit did today “It wasn’t an abortion clinic yet, it was not built yet, and was just a ‘clump of bricks’- so she can’t be charged with anything because it wasn’t a building yet-

The gov’s side argues that “It was going to be an abortion clinic, therefore she is guilty of attacking a federally protected building”

Then Her lawyers should argue that IF they are going to call the unfinished building an abortion clinic, then by all rights, courts MUST call unborn fetus’ ‘humans’ with all the protection of every human being!


15 posted on 10/28/2024 7:45:50 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Fort Joy.

They should rename them ALL to Fort Joy, even the naval bases.

Hat tip to Dr Dufenshmirtz declaring everyone’s name to hereby be Joe, so he wont have to remember and feel embarassed when he would otherwise get it wrong.


16 posted on 10/28/2024 11:19:55 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Lol @ Dr Dufenshmirtz

He Invented the “Unforgetinator” lol


17 posted on 10/29/2024 7:41:56 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Bump


18 posted on 10/30/2024 5:16:01 AM PDT by Bob434
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