Posted on 04/13/2009 10:02:53 PM PDT by ebiskit
Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled:
The “report” was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe it was real.
I spent the day chasing down DHS spokespeople, who have been tied up preparing for a very important homeland security event later today: The First Lady is coming to visit their Washington office. Priorities, you know.
Well, the press office got back to me and verified that the document is indeed for real.
They were very defensive — preemptively so — in asserting that it was not a politicized document and that DHS had done reports on “leftwing extremism” in the past. I have covered DHS for many years and am quite familiar with past assessments they and the FBI have done on animal rights terrorists and environmental terrorists. But those past reports have always been very specific in identifying the exact groups, causes, and targets of domestic terrorism, i.e., the ALF, ELF, and Stop Huntingdon wackos who have engaged in physical harassment, arson, vandalism, and worse against pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs, and university researchers.
By contrast, the piece of crap report issued on April 7 is a sweeping indictment of conservatives. And the intent is clear. As the two spokespeople I talked with on the phone today made clear: They both pinpointed the recent “economic downturn” and the “general state of the economy” for stoking “rightwing extremism.” One of the spokespeople said he was told that the report has been in the works for a year. My b.s. detector went off the chart, and yours will, too, if you read through the entire report — which asserts with no evidence that an unquantified “resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment and radicalizations activity” is due to home foreclosures, job losses, and…the historical presidential election.
In Obama land, there are no coincidences. It is no coincidence that this report echoes Tea Party-bashing left-wing blogs (check this one out comparing the Tea Party movement to the Weather Underground!) and demonizes the very Americans who will be protesting in the thousands on Wednesday for the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party.
From the report, p.2:
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
From the report. p. 3:
(U//LES) Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment. From the 2008 election timeframe to the present, rightwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and political prejudices in expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers.
(U) Exploiting Economic Downturn
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on the economy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors, and home foreclosures. Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish “financial elites.” These “accusatory” tactics are employed to draw new recruits into rightwing extremist groups and further radicalize those already subscribing to extremist beliefs. DHS/I&A assesses this trend is likely to accelerate if the economy is perceived to worsen.
From the report, p. 5:
(U//FOUO) Over the past five years, various rightwing extremists, including militias and white supremacists, have adopted the immigration issue as a call to action, rallying point,
and recruiting tool. Debates over appropriate immigration levels and enforcement policy generally fall within the realm of protected political speech under the First Amendment, but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.
And echoing the anti-military bigotry last seen in that disgusting Penn State University training video, there’s this on p. 7:
(U) Disgruntled Military Veterans
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.
There’s no hackneyed left-wing stereotype of conservatives left behind in this DHS intelligence and analysis assessment. I asked both DHS spokespeople to tell me who, specifically, the report was accusing of “rightwing extremist chatter” and which “antigovernment” groups are being monitored as “extremists.” They say they’ll get back to me.
In the meantime, be aware of this from the report, p. 8:
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months to ascertain with greater regional specificity the rise in rightwing extremist activity in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and social factors that drive rightwing extremist radicalization.
Better make a few last-minute signs for the Tea Party. Obama’s DHS is watching:
Honk if you’re a radicalized rightwing extremist!
Guilty of rightwing extremist chatter
Anti-government, pro-freedom: Sue me
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George Washington was a man of manners and decorum and did not talk like that. Your graphic is not funny.
bump
And here we are, sitting in the mother ship.
Thank you for the explanation. I learned something new!
Thanks for this excellent posting about the hideous demonic treason so ensconced in the WH.
What does April 19th have to do with it?
Marker
“And someone convinced Glenn Beck that the DHS won’t turn FEMA camps into holding camps in cause of revolt against the “government”....yea right....it was just too far fetched, like this report./s”
I sent this report to Glenn yesterday. While some may disagree, I think the content of this report needs to have a light shined on it by him or anyone willing...Rush, Laura, Hannity, etc. The report is a disgusting disgrace, unacceptable, is almost entirely PRESUMPTIVE, has few specifics and paints ALL conservatives with a racist broad brush. The basis of the entire document seems to be the election of an AFRICAN AMERICAN president. It’s nothing but fear-mongering meant to stop all activism on illegal immigration, border security, gun control, abortion, and more.
I just can't believe the O-bots would tip their hand this soon. They're just not that competent.
2 references to “Homeland Environment Threat Analysis Division”
on pg 21 & 30
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_09-12_Dec08.pdf
Michelle Malkin saying they confirmed is not good enough for you?
Thanks freema.
Ping lists.
Great.
I’m being targetted by the people I work for?
Life just got even better.
Why don't we start reporting activity of the socialists in congress like the Black Caucus? Why don't we report every activity of Bill Ayers?
Tea Party movement? What Tea Party movement? I've been watching the evening news and they've never said anything about a Tea Party movement.
The “report” was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe it was real.Yep, I couldn't either. I read it yesterday and thought it was Fake.
My 'Crow' breakfast sucks.
In God we trust, all others get checked out. Or, Test everything; keep the good.
Nothing against Michelle, but this does not look like the other DHS reports I see, and it has not been traced to the source.
People’s response to this bombshell is strong, it’s important to know where the report came from.
No, because it has just been published on APRIL 9th, 2009 under the Auspices of the ZERO HUSSEIN ADMINISTRATION TAKEOVER of AMERICA!
There have been links from Faux News-Obama, as well as a report off PajamaMedia.
Personally I am afraid that the right trying to do street theater against The Left is like a junior varsity high-school team going up against the Dallas Cowboys. But I wish those people the best of luck, all the same.
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