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Confirmed: The Obama DHS hit job on conservatives is real

By Michelle Malkin • April 14, 2009 12:01 AM

Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled:

Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.

The “report” (PDF file here) 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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Previous: Missouri retracts report linking militias, 3rd party candidates.

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Oh, I’m sure DHS will be issuing its report on self-proclaimed bank terrorists like Bruce Marks of NACA and criminal rackeeters harassing private citizens in their homes to “exploit the economic downturn” any day now.

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Update: John Hinderaker weighs in the report.

Also good reading in Jonah Goldberg’s thread here.

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#675801

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:07 am, Tazed and Confused said:

Sign me up!

and here’s a sweet one for BHO
#675803

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:12 am, taylork said:

This is one of the scariest things I’ve read in a long time.
#675805

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:14 am, aunursa said:

Just change a few words, and this paragraph could have been written eight years ago…

Leftwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool. Many leftwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the reduction of social programs, and removing restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Leftwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment. From the 2000 election timeframe to the present, leftwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and political prejudices in expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers.
#675806

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am, Jet Jaguar said:

If standing up for the Constitution makes me an enemy of the Federal Government, then I’ll wear that as a badge of honor. Apparently, King George (the President) his “Noblemen” (Congress) and their back-pocket Gods (the Supreme Court) are annoyed with us. May we become much more of an annoyance, yea, even a feared enemy… and I’d have said the same thing if that sell-out McCain had been elected.
#675815

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:20 am, mytake said:

I’m so intimidated! My sign at my tea party will read, “I heart LEGAL immigrants”. Guess this is the chatter they are talking about. Will someone take down my name and then go through my garbage???
#675816

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:21 am, jodella said:

I was going to say unbelievable, but that isn’t true, coming from this administration.

Very scary, but believable.
#675818

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:25 am, AlohaGuy said:

So if you’re not a left-wing whacko you’re an extremist?
#675821

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:28 am, AlohaGuy said:

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.

Yes, we want the Executive Branch to enforce the law. As in “law-abiding” for those ignorants on the left who want to demonize anyone who disagrees with them.
#675823

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:30 am, Joy said:

They say they’ll get back to me.

Michelle, they very well might. I have no doubt these Obama THUGS are monitoring all conservative sites and if Obama has his way, DHS will make every attempt to close down sites like yours. No doubt in my mind they think YOU are an instigator of chatter. Anyone who dares to speak out against The One will be targeted.

Chicago-style thug thizzle coming to conservatives everywhere. Chilling… but absolutely expected.
#675824

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:30 am, fred5676 said:

Well, at least it’s nice to know who your your enemies are – your own damn government!!

“…antigovernment(sic) (this from an anti-citizen administration??), rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority – (DUH – we are a Federal Republic of 57 50 states, with several states recently passing laws to reaffirm states rights – are these state legislatures also terror suspects??), or rejecting government authority entirely (with this kind of crap, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy!). It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration…”

So NumbersUSA and Americans United for Life are terrorist groups??? COUNT ME IN!!
#675825

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:31 am, torabora said:

Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn anyone?
#675827

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:37 am, fred5676 said:

but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.

The big giveaway: “anti-immigration” instead of “anti-illegal immigration”

Idiots – they just quoted from La Raza, et al.

The “strident pro-enforcement” target is our own damn government!!

I guess I’m going to get audited, BIG TIME!
#675828

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:41 am, gco said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:20 am, mytake said:
Will someone take down my name and then go through my garbage???

If someone’s going to go through your garbage, then see to it that they find lots of Rottweiler poop.
#675829

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:41 am, ErikTheRed said:

You know, during the Bush administration I gave my conservative friends a hard time about the massive expansion of power held by the Executive Branch over ordinary American citizens (I’m less concerned about what we do to foreign nationals in war zones – just what they can do here), in terms of loss of privacy, warrant-less search and seizure, warrant-less surveillance, defining-down habeus corpus, etc. I always got the same responses: I have nothing to hide, I’m a law abiding citizen, etc. I always had the same comeback – just wait until a Democrat gets elected and starts using these powers.

Any second thoughts out there?
#675832

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:47 am, WisCon said:

Rahm.
#675834

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:47 am, fred5676 said:

I wonder if DHS will be monitoring left-wing radical groups such as La Raza, ACORN, MALDEF, LULAC, Casa de Maryland, etc.??

Oh wait – they are either running the federal government or getting funded by it!!

Never mind.
#675835

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:48 am, mytake said:

Do you think Obama is expanding those powers as we write? Do you think?
#675837

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:52 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:41 am, ErikTheRed said:

Ummmm… Eric? Are you from the US? If you were you’d realize that warrantless phone taps, warrantless surveillance, warrantless search and seizure are all tools instituted by the Cater and Clinton administrations so they can’t be a bad thing, right?

As for this moronic administration confusing Liberty with Terrorism, lets keep in mind who Clinton blamed the Oklahoma City bombing on: Rush Limbaugh.

We’ve wipped them before, we’ll beat them like red headed stepchildren in 2010. ‘Cause you can’t fix stupid.
#675839

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:54 am, fluffy said:

I’m some middle aged, middle class guy from the suburbs with an expanding middle. The very picture of a radical.
#675840

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:54 am, cousin vinnie said:

“rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority” sounds chillingly like they are targeting the Founding Fathers.
#675843

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:59 am, fluffy said:

ErikTheRed #14

A couple years back, the FBI traced a credible threat against Brandeis University to a computer at a public library in Newton, MA. The FBI wanted to check who was using the computer. The librarian to the FBI to get lost. No one went to the Gulag over that one.

Tell me more about warrant-less searches during the Bush administration.
#675844

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:00 am, Random_Numbers (Brian Epps) said:

Erik #14. Nope. Considering all your complaints listed are chimeras, no second thoughts at all.
#675848

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:11 am, Ceroth said:

Woohoo, I’ve always wanted to be an extremist. Hey DHS, you can kiss my extremism. I believe in this country and will never support the Big Eared Freak in Chief. I will fight to get my country back and you can not stop me. I will be at my Tea Party on Wednesday. Up yours, jerks.
#675849

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:13 am, Excessive Moderate said:

This DHS garbage reads like a SPLC press release.
#675850

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:14 am, Hangfire said:

Hey, DHS! Start my file now, bastards.
#675851

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:15 am, Hangfire said:

I know its going to be a piece of crap propaganda when it talks about the “historic” election……
#675854

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:17 am, Michelle Malkin said:

This DHS garbage reads like a SPLC press release.

Mixed with a La Raza press release and a Handgun Control press release and a Code Pink press release.
#675855

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:17 am, moonshot said:

Please remove me from this blog. Thanks in advance.
#675858

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:23 am, mytake said:

And BTW, which White House had all those FBI files on private citizens suddenly appear on a table???? And who was searching through and stealing secret documents? Jeez, some people have short memories.
#675860

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:25 am, Hangfire said:

DHS:

I’m leaving the house now to go to dinner.

I will be back in two hours.
#675861

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:26 am, mytake said:

I guess up until now life in this country has been truly good to me. I have loved it here. This will be my very first political demonstration.
#675862

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:37 am, txvet2 said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:54 am, cousin vinnie said:

“rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority” sounds chillingly like they are targeting the Founding Fathers.

Of course. Not to mention the Constitution. Too much freedom going on out there. The left likes to pretend they’re revolutionaries, but they’re just the most recent incarnation of authoritarianism, not much different from the people who fought for the divine right of kings and later the divine right of the socialist state. They’re like cockroaches. You can’t get rid of them, you can only control them for awhile.
#675863

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:38 am, karenhasfreedom said:

Wow, HEY, DHS, I already have an FBI file, I have had an extended background secret clearance back in the 80’s when I worked as an engineer on the B1 bomber program, the MX missile program, the F-16 program, and the C-17 program. For the past 15 years since I bailed out of corporate America, I have been creating companies and jobs, and MAKING MONEY. You can update my file now, as I will also be at a Tea Party in April, not protesting the high taxes, but the HIGH SPENDING!!!!!!!!

PS, I also joined the NRA this year, although I don’t own a gun yet. Just backing them up because I happen to believe in the constitution and the Bill of Rights.
#675866

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:50 am, Freddy said:

Someone needs to ask Gibbs about this document in his daily press conference.

These guys always answer simple questions way better than I can imagine.
#675870

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:56 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Rightwing extremism?

God Bless America, Land That I Love!
Stand Beside Her, And Guide Her,
Through The Night With The Light From Above.
#675872

On April 14th, 2009 at 2:05 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Rightwing extremism?

[ca. July 7, 1777] The Congress desire to have a bible printed under their care & by their encouragement

“That, your committee are of opinion, considerable difficulties will attend the procuring the types and paper; that, afterwards, the risque of importing them will considerably enhance the cost, and that the calculations are subject to such uncertainty in the present state of affairs, that Congress cannot much rely on them: that the use of the Bible is so universal, and its importance so great, that your committee refer the above to the consideration of Congress, and if Congress shall not think it expedient to order the importation of types and paper, your committee recommend that Congress will order the Committee of Commerce to import 20,000 Bibles from Holland, Scotland, or elsewhere, into the different ports of the states in the Union:”

Whereupon, the Congress was moved, to order the Committee of Commerce to import twenty thousand copies of the Bible;

The question being put, the house was divided:

{table}

So it was resolved in the affirmative.
#675873

On April 14th, 2009 at 2:06 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Rightwing extremism?

John Rodgers’s May 30, 1783 letter to George Washington suggested that Congress present each soldier with a Bible, as a gift of appreciation for their service in the Revolutionary War.

George Washington replied June 11, 1783, saying:

Dear Sir: I accept, with much pleasure your kind Congratulations on the happy Event of Peace, with the Establishment of our Liberties and Independence.

Glorious indeed has been our Contest: glorious, if we consider the Prize for which we have contended, and glorious in its Issue; but in the midst of our Joys, I hope we shall not forget that, to divine Providence is to be ascribed the Glory and the Praise.

Your proposition respecting Mr Aikins Bibles would have been particularly noticed by me, had it been suggested in Season; but the late Resolution of Congress for discharging Part of the Army, takg off near two thirds of our Numbers, it is now too late to make the Attempt. It would have pleased me, if Congress should have made such an important present, to the brave fellows, who have done so much for the Security of their Country’s Rights and Establishment.
#675874

On April 14th, 2009 at 2:20 am, MTNEER said:

I have noticed that the other BO, as in Bill O’Reilly, often does stories about three to five days after they appear on MM’s site or Hot Air. I wonder what, if anything, his Solomonic, hair-splitting take on this crap sandwich will be? Oh! I think I answered my own question!
#675877

On April 14th, 2009 at 2:33 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Rightwing extremism?

To all of those who believe the ACLU’s lie that the first amendment prohibits an “endorsement” of religion (it doesn’t… it prohibits an “establishment” of religion), realize that the very same Congress that on Sept 25, 1789 passed this amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

…is the same Congress that then proceeded to ask President George Washington:

“To recommend to the People of the United States, a Day of public Thanksgiving and Prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful Hearts the many and signal Favors of Almighty GOD, especially by affording them an Opportunity peaceably to establish a Form of Government for their Safety and Happiness.”

President Washington did so on October 3, 1789,
a mere eight days after the Congress had passed the amendment.

Add to that what the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court said:

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”

And you have all three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial) endorsing religion.

What does that have to do with this post? Our Founding Fathers would likely be considered “rightwing extremists” by our current government.
#675879

On April 14th, 2009 at 2:40 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Another example of “Rightwing extremism”:

{Begin handwritten}1841……….1841{End handwritten}

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BY THE GOVERNOR.

A PROCLAMATION,
FOR A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.

We are again permitted to witness the continued fulfilment of the promise, “that while the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest shall not cease;” again through the mercy of our Heavenly Father, has the earth yielded a liberal supply for the sustenance of man and beast. For such favors it becomes us, as a Christian people, to offer unto God our humble acknowledgements.

I have therefore with advice of Council appointed THURSDAY, THE 25th DAY OF NOVEMBER next, to be observed as a day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING throughout this State.

Let us on that day assemble in our usual places of public worship, and express our gratitude to God for His unnumbered mercies bestowed on us; for the general prevalence of health throughout our State and Country; for peace and tranquility at home and abroad; for the preservation of our happy form of government, and of our free institutions; for the increasing prosperity of our common schools, and of our higher literary Institutions; and especially let us remember to offer our sincere acknowledgements to God, for the inestimable gift of His Son Jesus Christ our Redeemer and Saviour, and adore and praise Him for that hope of a blessed immortality which is brought to light in His Gospel; let us also entreat Him, still to continue His kind and watchful care over us as a State and Nation, and to preserve unto us the many blessings and privileges we now enjoy.

The people of this State are respectfully requested to abstain from all labor and recreation, inconsistent with a due observance of the day.

Given at Haverhill, this 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the sixty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States.

JOHN PAGE.

By His Excellency’s Command,
With Advice of Council.

JOSIAH STEVENS, Jr., Secretary of State.
#675887

On April 14th, 2009 at 3:33 am, Micheleeroo said:

Unreal.
#675891

On April 14th, 2009 at 4:27 am, Huskergirl said:

I can’t say that I am surprised.
#675892

On April 14th, 2009 at 4:31 am, By Choice said:

Since WE, the people, melted the lines into DC over amnesty we have been labeled racists, xenophobes, nativists, loud, chattering classes, now right wing extremists. All of this because we believe in the Constitution and the rule of law………..what is wrong with this picture??

It looks to me like they dredged up an old report from the 1990’s that someone stuck in a drawer, or was TOLD to, and resurrected it to counter the 10th Amendment movement, the recent HR 450 the Enumerated Powers Act, and the Tea Parties. We, the People are a bigger threat than we thought because “they” are shaking in their shoes that we are going to GET accountability!!! When we do “they” will be gone…….back to your chattering……..
#675900

On April 14th, 2009 at 4:58 am, rignerd said:

but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.

So what does a radical anti-illegal immigration, pro enforcement extremist do when they meet a legal immigrant? Well the last one I met, I smiled and waved, she smiled and waved back so I went and shook her hand and uttered the most vile and hateful thing I could think of “welcome to America, land of the free because of the brave”
My wife is a cauldron of radical extremism just waiting to boil over at the slightest provocation, she asked her to sit up front with us in Sunday school class.

Now can we get back to the business of enforcing the laws, all the laws, all the time. So that all men can truly be equal, none above the law and none outside it’s protection.
#675905

On April 14th, 2009 at 5:28 am, prendad said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 1:38 am, karenhasfreedom said:
PS, I also joined the NRA this year, although I don’t own a gun yet. Just backing them up because I happen to believe in the constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Wow! Thanks for your support of the NRA, and, more importantly, the Constitution of the United States of America.
#675906

On April 14th, 2009 at 5:38 am, American Elephant said:

Thanks for covering this Michelle!

Ironic the man who is best pals with people who blow up buildings to make their point calling anyone an extremist.

The politicization of Homeland Security.

Scratch that, the politicization of every department of the federal government.

Please keep us updated.
#675910

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:01 am, jamesgreenidge said:

They simply feel that this administration is in the catbird’s seat to finally dilute, diminish, and extinguish conservatism in America, defacto one-party nanny state rule, pure and simple. The main keys; immigration and veiled libbie school agendas.

James Greenidge
Queens, NY
#675912

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:06 am, Ragspierre said:

The Federal government has left the Constitution in the dirt, exceeding every limit imposed on it by the Framers.

If Jefferson, Adams,…any of those guys were to stand in this time, where do you think they’d be?

“Which malice toward none…”, I’ll take my stand with the Constitution, which is the only legitimate source of authority for the central government.

I support the principles on which our nation was founded, and the only ones on which it may lawfully continue.
#675913

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:07 am, Dandapani said:

All opponents of Dear Leader must be re-educated.
#675916

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:22 am, bansharia said:

So this is the bitter/clinger report.
bring it on DOHboy.
#675919

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:28 am, Ragspierre said:

Good on ya, rignerd #44.

Nicely stated.
#675921

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:39 am, zorro said:

Wow, that report is incredible.

Remember, this is from the senate candidate who used divorce records as a weapon. This Chicago Thug is beginning to make Komrade Klinton’s abuse of executive power (procuring the above-mentioned FBI background files) look like child’s play. This is a major scandal in the making.

A very powerful post Michelle. Very powerful.
#675922

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:43 am, ex-expat said:

Sorry, but given the ponderously slow process by which the federal government moves and prepares reports such as these, the start of this report was very, very likely well before this administration took office. So the approval and sign off to begin this was s most likely done during the Bush administration.
I don’t like the Obama-mockracy either, but you all are barking up the wrong tree this time.
#675924

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:46 am, Fuller said:

WOW! Unbelievable! DHS Janet (my former liberal Governor) shows her stripes for all to see.
#675926

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:52 am, hongqi said:

Michelle,

Thank you for exposing this report; the contents need to be spread far and wide.

If I know most conservatives, this will only bolster their resolve to attend one of the protests on 15 April.
#675927

On April 14th, 2009 at 6:54 am, bansharia said:

ex expat,
did you read it?
if you had you would know it is all about obambi being black and anyone that ain’t impressed with him aka the bitter/clingers,anyone who is a vet,anyone who owns a gun, anyone who wants laws enforced is an enemy of the obambiworld.
so it’s Dubya’s fault? I will accept the fact that a report was being written in Duby’s admin sure that is their job, fact remains it was TOTALLY rewritten to make it a black thing and all about obambi.

I thought the term “military ammunition” was intersting considering obambi admin just tried to force DOD to shred shells and not sell to reloaders ( it failed ). Wonder what all THEY consider to be mil ammo….
#675929

On April 14th, 2009 at 7:03 am, vcferlita said:

More of Obama’s Chicago land bullying/propaganda. Beating up on Rush didn’t work so let’s just demonize all right wingers.
#675930

On April 14th, 2009 at 7:05 am, ex-expat said:

I do not imply it is ‘Bush’s fault’. My point is the genisis of this report was probably not the product of someone in the current admistration, but the previous adminstration. Thus attributing this to some Obanma-cabal against conservatives is not correct.
#675931

On April 14th, 2009 at 7:10 am, bansharia said:

exex,
you have no point.
enjoy your day
#675944

On April 14th, 2009 at 7:24 am, jag5775 said:

When my father worked for the government/military, his job was to evaluate reports from subordinates. One morning I saw one with enough paperclips on pages to turn the report into a fan. I asked why the paperclips. His response was that the writer had made assumptions which he then used as a fact to prove a statement which was then used in the summary as a statement of fact. Someone up the chain of command can’t read, can’t write and can’t think. We were assured that the best and brightest would apply to DHS to protect our country.
#675947

On April 14th, 2009 at 7:28 am, travlinman said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am, Jet Jaguar said:

If standing up for the Constitution makes me an enemy of the Federal Government, then I’ll wear that as a badge of honor. Apparently, King George (the President) his “Noblemen” (Congress) and their back-pocket Gods (the Supreme Court) are annoyed with us. May we become much more of an annoyance, yea, even a feared enemy… and I’d have said the same thing if that sell-out McCain had been elected.

Amen. My exact sentiments.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:30 am, jjmurphy said:

I’m with ceroth:

Woohoo, I’ve always wanted to be an extremist.

Wow, I’ve never been the “bad boy”. I’ve worked hard, am raising two fantastic kids, beautiful wife, fun dogs, pay my taxes and follow the rules. Oh yea, and I’ve had the audacity to believe the Constitution actually meant what it said.

lol, we’re the extremists! I guess Ayers and Dohrn are the new Ozzie & Harriet.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:31 am, spypeach said:

And then there’s this one, right out of the headlines…

(U) A recent example of the potential violence associated with a rise in rightwing
extremism may be found in the shooting deaths of three police officers in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 4 April 2009. The alleged gunman’s reaction
reportedly was influenced by his racist ideology and belief in antigovernment
conspiracy theories related to gun confiscations, citizen detention camps, and a
Jewish-controlled “one world government.”
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:33 am, MarcoPolo said:

On April 14th, 2009 at 12:41 am, ErikTheRed said:
I always had the same comeback – just wait until a Democrat gets elected and starts using these powers.

Any second thoughts out there?

I’m with you, and the guy that said if we sacrifice liberty for security we deserve neither.

I didn’t see much coverage of the earlier Missouri Fusion Center memo, but since that was directed primarily at conservative third parties, I guess it wasn’t a threat to the “real” Republicans. The government seems to have acted a little prematurely. They haven’t quite splintered us enough yet. Almost though!

And the only reason the librarian didn’t go to jail is because the courts still had some semblance of conservatism left. The fact that the government has the right to even ask is almost unfathomable to me.

Living in a world where the Libertarians are starting to sound saner than the GOP is bizarre.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:42 am, Flyoverman said:

If DHS ability to do a threat analysis is this shoddy and obtuse, what are they any good for. It’s like having a “no fly” list with two million names on it.

We have people who mean to kill us. When DHS is off chasing us extremists, we leave gaps in the wire and the bad guys come in.

The people who gave you the USS Cole, Kobar Towers, the first World Trade Center bombing, while they were focused on pouring over 900 FBI files in the White House trying to find enemies of the Administration are back. But this time radical socialaists are providing the direction.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:45 am, spypeach said:

This is strange… Seems like it was just last month that Gordon Brown was calling for a new world order, and I think I remember hearing similiar words for Obama himself… I guess I must not believe my lying ears or eyes anymore. This is sick.

(U) Perceived Threat from Rise of Other Countries
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist paranoia of foreign regimes could escalate or be
magnified in the event of an economic crisis or military confrontation, harkening back to
the “New World Order” conspiracy theories of the 1990s. The dissolution of Communist
countries in Eastern Europe and the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s led some
rightwing extremists to believe that a “New World Order” would bring about a world
government that would usurp the sovereignty of the United States and its Constitution,
thus infringing upon their liberty. The dynamics in 2009 are somewhat similar, as other
countries, including China, India, and Russia, as well as some smaller, oil-producing
states, are experiencing a rise in economic power and influence
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:48 am, Wethal said:

Probably something in Alinksy’s playbook about demonizing your opponents.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:51 am, single stack said:

From the point of view of the leftist scum in control of the government this is entirely accurate.
Scary as hell isn’t it?
It also confirms our worst fears about them being a bunch of fascist thugs.
For those of us opposed to the Patriot Act and the creation of DHS this supports our warnings that giving such power to the federal government would be dangerous in the hands of people who seek absolute power.
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On April 14th, 2009 at 7:53 am, Buy Danish said:

UNREAL.

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. …

I can’t wait to see their definition of “generally”. Specifically, what specific groups are they talking about? What specific examples of violent threats are they seeing?

Experts say that anyone who drinks milk as a child, or rebels against vegetables has the “potential” to turn “strident” and “violent”.

Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish “financial elites.”

Wait, you mean that all those people who rant about “neo-cons” are right wingers? Who knew!