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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Yeah, yeah! I know this now. Where were you when I thought they were legitimate? hee!!
How many have decided not to go because of that fear?
“[Right wing extremists are” those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. [They] may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”
This is an insult. State vs federal authority was one of the guiding principles of the Constitution.
So in effect this is blatantly calling adherence to the Constitution of the United States as “extremism”.
They have turned any dissent against the official Obama outlook into extremism and it has only been a few months! Furthermore, this stunt was pulled right before the peaceful tea party protests which is another huge insult.
This is very bad news but was to be expected. Things are going to get worse and I am almost certain Free Republic and similar news sources will be censored.
Washington The Fanatic!
Hopefully not many. We've got to take a stand for what's right, regardless of the consequences. The Founding Fathers as well as their associates and families were engaging in activities that carried a clear death sentence but they knew that there was a greater good that had to be pursued.
This is real! It is being covered on Cavuto’s show right now.
I could have told you this would happen back on November 5, 2008. This is no surprise.
whooo hooo!!!
Coverage by the Neil Cavuto program, FOX news!!
Looks to me like the doc was dragged out, polished up a bit, then “leaked” to stir up conservatives online. It was spread quickly once trusted conservatives vouched for its genuineness.
Good thing nobody on FR went over the top and posted extreme things, eh, with DHS watching?
Someone is poking, looking for a response. I wonder what effect this will have on the Tea Parties?
That is an awesome photo.
My guess is that is exactly what this is about. I was taken in for a bit too, but then I started thinking and it didn't make logistical sense. We're all justifiably leery of this bogus shill.
I see be your use of incapacitate that you might be a weapons specialist in the war of words that is the front line in the current war of ideologys. By the way I am somewhat of an Opera buff and was wondering if your name comes from the Opera Tamandua?
Exactly so. And,If killing three pirates will cause more piracy (as has been claimed by un-named "experts" in the media), then this report should go far to further increase recruitment to the supposed "right-wing-militias".
Or Anti Christ.
Ain’t it. My Wife has the t-shirt.
Surely Obama’s administration via the DHS would not play mind games with the citizens of the United States of America. Surely they would not waste the taxpayers money on a bogus report. Surely they would not disrespect we, the people. Surely.
They already did play mind games by claiming Obama did now bow when he clearly did on video.
I just got back from Iceland this morning..very early....and am getting up to date on the new of all kinds here in the US as there was no news to get there..and I dont read Icelandic though I do know a few words. I can tell you that to the person over there they like Obama..they think he is good and they think Bush will go down in history as one of the worst presidents we have had.Only one man said his aunt who lives in LA and has been here since 68 said she hates Obama and that she is republican...don’t know if she can vote since I don’t know if she became a citizen. By the way when I got to Iceland last summer the rate was no higher than 80 ISK to the dollar,When I got there the first it was 116 and yesterday 131..good for us to shop there but not good to exchange our funds back..
Anyway. I told them there are some here who see Obama and his plans as Hitler like and they don’t see it and even stupid Americans don’t see it because the MSM does not report it.We are is such deep dodo.
What if the government obtains the ciphers from their creators?
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