Posted on 02/05/2016 8:08:06 AM PST by Gandalf the Mauve
The U.S. Justice Department is considering legal changes to combat what it sees as a rising threat from domestic anti-government extremists, senior officials told Reuters, even as it steps up efforts to stop Islamic State-inspired attacks at home.
Extremist groups motivated by a range of U.S.-born philosophies present a "clear and present danger," John Carlin, the Justice Department's chief of national security, told Reuters in an interview. "Based on recent reports and the cases we are seeing, it seems like we're in a heightened environment."
Over the past year, the Justice Department has brought charges against domestic extremist suspects accused of attempting to bomb U.S. military bases, kill police officers and fire bomb a school and other buildings in a predominantly Muslim town in New York state.
But federal prosecutors tackling domestic extremists still lack an important legal tool they have used extensively in dozens of prosecutions against Islamic State-inspired suspects: a law that prohibits supporting designated terrorist groups.
Carlin and other Justice Department officials declined to say if they would ask Congress for a comparable domestic extremist statute, or comment on what other changes they might pursue to toughen the fight against anti-government extremists...
A Reuters analysis of more than 100 federal cases has found that defendants accused of plotting attacks in the name of Islamic State collectively faced more severe charges than militia members, "sovereign citizens" and other anti-government extremists who have been prosecuted for similar activity....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
The language in the Declaration of Independence will now be deemed as “hate speech.” Criticism of Islam will land you jail. Christianity will be characterized as a terrorist group. Veterans must be declared as “mentally ill” and denied their firearms. We have been warning our clueless fellow citizens for years. They were too lazy and too selfish to listen.
Obama administration: let’s see...
The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim
The Beltway Snipers were Muslims
The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim
The Underwear Bomber was a Muslim
The U.S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims
The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims
The Bali Nightclub Bombers were Muslims
The London Subway Bombers were Muslims
The Moscow Theatre Attackers were Muslims
The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims
The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims
The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims
The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims
The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims
The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Muslims
The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims
The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims
The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims
The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims
The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims
The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims
The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims
The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims
The September 11, 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims
The Charlie Hebro attackers were Muslims.
The Paris attacks in Nov. 2015 were Muslims.
The San Bernardino attackers were Muslims.
Yep, for sure we need to crack down on those “Mad Methodists”.
Feel free to add to the list, I’m sure it’s not complete.
They already started by murdering a “domestic terrorist” on the side of the road.
What a coincidence, Holders DoJ had the IRS target the TEA Party and demand the names of anyone associated with TEA Party groups right before the 2010 attempted car bombing in NYC which they tried to blame on the TEA Party and calls were made to declare the TEA Party a terrorist organization.
Yes boys and girls just keep telling yourselves it’s all just a coincidence the left would never declare their political enemies as enemies of the state.
Logic doesn’t wash with the Troll.
He’s been here since December, probably a DU or DailyBeast plant.
I believe you’re talking about Larry Grathwohl. He was an undercover agent who infiltrated the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist organization of which Bill Ayers was a prominent, active, BOMB-PLANTING member.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMIwziGrAQ
Now if our OP, who may or may not be a libtard troll, means THIS kind of terrorist organization, then sure, go get ‘em.
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Do you think Reuters would be pissed with all their content being on FR?
Thought they were supposed to be excerpted?
Welcome to FR.
5.56mm
It is excerpted.
Are you going to defend these statements in the context of DHS considering conservative activists to be terrorists?
I haven’t seen any cites for this claim.
Here, let me help you:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/14/confirme-the-obama-dhs-hit-job-on-conservatives-is-real/
http://vetxprs.org/VetTerrorThreat.html
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/08/dhs-defines-the-new-terrorists-conservative-americans/
Google is hard.
You might want to take a look at a few of the founding documents of this nation, say, for instance, the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Well, no, it isn't at all clear, in fact, it appears to be deliberately vague.
Carlin said his counter-terrorism team, including a recently hired counsel, is taking a "thoughtful look at the nature and scope of the domestic terrorism threat" and helping to analyze "potential legal improvements and enhancements to better combat those threats."
The counsel, who was appointed last October and has not been named publicly, will identify cases being prosecuted at the state level that âcould arguably meet the federal definition of domestic terrorism," a Justice Department official said.
What we actually have here is an unnamed attorney recommending unspecified "potential improvements" using some unspecified "federal definition" that the persons under examination "could arguably meet". I'm not sure I'd like my liberty to be riding on that set of non-criteria.
These things you name are already happening, but yes, they will happen more and more in future. When will the frog in the pot realize he’s cooked?
Zotted
Snicker......
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/17/west-point-center-cites-dangers-far-right-us/
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/338049/new-anti-terror-front-yes-government-thinks-its-right-wing-extremists-john-fund
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/challengers-from-the-sidelines-understanding-americas-violent-far-right
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