Homeland Security Warns
of Radicals on Right
The
April 14 2009
This is a very
cleverly released piece from the Obama Administration. This is the beginning of a campaign to define
all conservatives and Christians as radical extremists.
Being a conservative and or a bible believing Christian is to be a right wing
extremist.
To vote Republican in the midterms is an extremist act,”
Saying or agreeing that the deepening of the recession is Obama’s fault, being
disgruntled with Obama’s hyper-spending of trillions, being disgruntled with
Obama dragging this nation into socialism, being disgruntled with all of the
corruption and Cronyism of the democratic party and the Obama administration is
to be an extremist.
To support
This is Saul Alinsky to a tee -- Identify, Redefine, Vilify
and Pillory those who oppose you.
If this administration does pass the laws under the guise of hate crimes
legislation that is already in the EU, UK, and Canada, making it a crime to
speak of the sin, evil and corruption of Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Gay and
Lesbian Marriage, Gay and Lesbian Adoption and of Muslims and the Koran, We will not bow the
knee and will go to jail for publishing and speaking the truth in such things. We have spoken of this very thing to our
oldest son, warning him of our stand before the Lord.
The Department of Homeland Security is warning law
enforcement officials about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity," saying
the economic recession, the election of
A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland
Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "rightwing extremism in the United
States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that
reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.
"It may include groups and individuals that are
dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or
immigration," the warning says.
The White House has distanced itself from the analysis.
When asked for comment on its contents, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro
said, "The President is focused not on politics but rather taking the
steps necessary to protect all Americans from the threat of violence and
terrorism regardless of its origins. He also believes those who serve represent
the best of this country, and he will continue to ensure that our veterans
receive the respect and benefits they have earned."
The nine-page document was sent to police and sheriff's
departments across the
It says the federal government "will be working with
its state and local partners over the next several months" to gather
information on "rightwing extremist activity in the
The joint federal-state activities will have "a
particular emphasis" on the causes of "rightwing extremist
radicalization."
Homeland Security spokeswoman Sara Kuban said the report
is one in an ongoing series of assessments by the department to
"facilitate a greater understanding of the phenomenon of violent
radicalization in the
The report, which was first disclosed to the public by
nationally syndicated radio host Roger Hedgecock,
makes clear that the Homeland Security Department does not have "specific
information that domestic rightwing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence."It warns that fringe organizations are
gaining recruits, but it provides no numbers.
The report says extremist groups have used President
Obama as a recruiting tool.
"Most statements by rightwing extremists have been rhetorical,
expressing concerns about the election of the first African American president,
but stopping short of calls for violent action," the report says. "In
two instances in the run-up to the election, extremists appeared to be in the
early planning stages of some threatening activity targeting the Democratic
nominee, but law enforcement interceded."
When asked about this passage, Secret Service spokesman
Ed Donovan said, "We are concerned about anybody who will try to harm or
plan to harm any one of our protectees. We don't have
the luxury to focus on one particular group at the exclusion of others."
Congressional debates about immigration and gun control
also make extremist groups suspicious and give them a rallying cry, the report
says.
"It is unclear if either bill will be passed into
law; nonetheless, a correlation may exist between the potential passage of gun
control legislation and increased hoarding of ammunition, weapons stockpiling,
and paramilitary training activities among rightwing extremists," the
report said.
The FBI was quoted Monday as saying that, since November,
more than 7 million people have applied for criminal background checks in order
to buy weapons.
The Homeland Security report added: "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."
The report could signify a change in emphasis for
Homeland Security under former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. A German magazine
quoted Ms. Napolitano as rebranding
"terrorism" as "man-made disasters." Since its inception in
2003, the department has focused primarily on radicalization of Muslims and the
prospect of homegrown Islamist terrorism.
In January, the same DHS office released a report titled
"Leftwing extremists likely to increase use of cyber attacks over the
coming decade."
"These types of reports are published all the time.
There have actually been some done on the other end of the spectrum,
left-wing," Ms. Kuban said.
A similar headline was used in a report issued in
January, Ms. Kuban said, although she could not provide the content of the
headline.
Ms. Kuban said she did not know how long the new report
had been in the making.
"The purpose of the report is to identify risk. This
is nothing unusual," said Ms. Kuban, who added that the Homeland Security
Department did this "to prevent another Tim McVeigh from ever happening
again."
The Homeland Security assessment specifically says 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."
Jerry Newberry, director of communications for the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the vast majority of veterans are patriotic
citizens who would not join anti-government militias.
"As far as our military members go, I think that the
military is a melting pot of society. So you might get a few, a fractional few,
who are going to be attracted by militia groups and other right-wing
extremists," he said.
"We have to remember that the people serving in our
military are volunteers, they do it because they love their country, and they
believe in what our country stands for," he said. "They spent their
time in the military defending our Constitution, so the vast majority of them
would be repulsed by the hate groups discussed in this report."
The Homeland Security report cited a 2008 FBI report that
noted that a small number of returning military veterans from the wars in
The FBI report said that from October 2001 through May
2008 "a minuscule" number of veterans, 203 out of 23,000, had joined
groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, the National Socialist
Movement, the Creativity Movement, the National Alliance and some skinhead
groups.
"Although the white supremacist movement is of
concern to the FBI, our assessment shows that only a very small number of
people with prior military experience may have an affiliation with supremacist
groups," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said Monday
when asked about the FBI report.
A 2006 report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, an
organization that monitors white supremacists like the Klan, said that white-power
groups had an interest in the kind of training the military provides.
Mark Potok, director of the
center's intelligence project, said the Homeland Security report "confirms
that white supremacists are interested in the military. There is some concern,
and there should be, about returning veterans, one need only think of the
example of Timothy McVeigh, who was in the first
Mr. Potok added that he was
generally pleased with the report.
"Basically, the report tracks fairly closely with
what we have been saying for some time now. They mention us a couple of times,
though not by name," he said.