Newsweek had the late Friday news drop, which, so far, seems to have been ignored. Pretty much like Newsweek to start with, but, that is a different story: Is Homeland Security Wary About Reporting on Right-Wing Extremists?
Despite a recent upsurge in threats and violence by far-right groups and loners, the Homeland Security Department appears gun-shy about reporting or monitoring the trend too closely. Domestic security and counterterrorism officials say that even though, in light of recent events, a controversial report issued a year ago by Homeland Security about a “resurgence” in far-right radicalization and recruitment appears well informed, if not prescient, the Department has done nothing to re-issue the report or update it.
Of course, the writer, Mark Hosenball, is referring to the report that pretty much deemed anyone on the Right, including our military, as extremists. After being beaten senseless with the Cluebat of Reality, DHS backed off. Hey, nothing like smearing half the country, eh?
……But as we reported here last year, Napolitano also indicated that the report would be “replaced or redone in a much more useful and much more precise fashion.”
Napolitano has not followed through on that, however, even though recent news events—including the crashing of a plane into an IRS office in Texas by a tax protestor, a torrent of threats against Congressional leaders, and the takedown of the bizarre but well-connected Hutaree militia (whose membership, as we noted here, included former U.S. military personnel)—have substantially vindicated Homeland Security’s judgments of last year. Asked why the department hasn’t updated the report or produced a fresh take on evidence about potentially threatening far-right activity, Homeland Security spokesman Sean Smith told Declassified: “The recent arrests and incidents have provided local law enforcement on the front lines more than enough reminder to be vigilant to the threats from violent extremism.”
Except, Joe Stack, the Texas plane bomber, was a far end lefty. There were threats by those on the left against Republicans, and the first person arrested was a liberal. The guy who went nuts and shot up the Pentagon was a lefty. At least one of the Hutaree nuts was a registered Democrat voter.
The fact is, yes, there are some extremists on the right, however, these are people on the far, far, far, far right, people that us regular Conservatives, the Moderate Republicans, the squishy Republicans, and the RINO’s want absolutely nothing to do with, and ask them to just go away. Those on the Left embrace their nutters and extol them. Or, just claim they are on the right.
Going over to Michelle Malkin’s site to see if she had anything on this, I see she mentioned the report back on the 14th.
