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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Exactly.
I believe the left relishes the idea that their ideological opposition will be cornered into taking up arms,
and slaughtered in multiple “Wacos” around the country. Historically, leftists/collectivists simply LOVE to exterminate any who are in opposition.
Lefties, if you’re reading this, it won’t go that way. If you send thug proxies, we avoid them. Then we go after who sent them.
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Many of us have been saying this was going to happen since they first started talking about "homeland security" - such a lovely teutonic term. I have to wonder what was wrong with the original idea of "Civil Defense", other than the fact that it didn't expand federal power.
Exactly like the army commander out at (IIRC) Fort Campbell, KY who demanded to know the makes, serial numbers and storage methods of all weapons belonging to soldiers who reside off post. Further demanded to know who had a ccw permit. I promise you, that was a trial balloon from the WH to see where the pulse is on this kind of draconian crackdown and to see what kind of public response could be expected. When things got so hot just a couple of days after the inquiry went public, the DoD stepped in and said the commander "exceeded" his authority (Au-thor-i-TIGH?). Baloney.
There will be many conservatives who will be surprised...even some Freepers. I’ve been sounding the bell since 11/4/08 - all things have changed...nothing is the same. We aren’t simply “in a cycle,” as Bill O’Reilly sad on his show last night. He’ll be surprised too.
Thanx for the belly laugh this morning.
What....the republicans gonna save our @sses?
How long have we been sayin that?
Sorry, the republicans AND the democrats ARE the problem.
The republicans had it all.....and blew it. The republicans had an opportunity to present a real challenge in the last election......and blew it.
Yeah, I have all the confidence in the world in the republican party.
They spend like liberals, keep the borders wide open like liberals, expand government like liberals, vote themselves pay raises like liberals, amnesty like liberals, stimulate like liberals, pontificate like liberals, ship jobs overseas like liberals......Gee wizz, if it quacks like a duck!!!!
No my friends, it's time for a real conservative party. America first, Americans first.
What he doesn’t know is there aren’t enough conservatives left to round up and lynch in the public square. They have all given up and accepted the inevitability of socialism.
Most of these bank mergers happened while Clinton was president, but that has nothing to do with it. Chase/ Morgan is the merging of Chase, JP Morgan, Manufacturers Hanover, and Chemical Bank, and that bank is one of the large banks that is in the best shape. Citi didnt buy any other domestic bank as far as I know except for the broker Smith Barney. Banamex and the foreign entities make a lot of money for Citi. The thing that is hurting BoA is the recent purchase of Countrywide. Wells Fargo is even turning a profit after purchasing Wachovia. The problem isnt the size of banks its the government telling them how to lend money.
(U//FOUO) The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.
If somebody comes to take your guns, stop them by any means necessary. Then go after the commander who gave the order. Then go after the politician who issued the policy. Then go after his or her advisors....and so on .... yada yada yada.
Yea...a cycle toward oppression that has been going on for about a hundred years with a lot of help from Bill O's college buddies. I think they picked him for his spot in the news because he is slow.
I have a difference of opinion on this point, but I'll certainly defer to an "ExSoldier".
My counter strategy would be to escape, stay free, get the word out, join your previously arranged "bubba group", and organize a restistance against future confiscations.
"We the People."
Did the report mention Freepers?
Right. Obama has the same guns Bush used on the front line, only he's now turned them inward.
Very perceptive.
April 19th is always a key date.
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