posted on Jul, 14 2009 @ 09:11 PM
The original article by the AP dated Dec. 27, 2008 has been pulled off the internet.
I guess goes on to the Censorship of the Web resistance is futile or is it...?
16-April-2009 -- Catholic News Agency
Ann Arbor, Mich., Apr 15, 2009 (CNA).-The Thomas More Law Center announced today that it has filed a request with the Department of Homeland Security
challenging the basis for their recent “Threat of Right-Wing Extremism” report, which says those who oppose abortion, gun control, and immigration
laws pose a potential threat to national security. Yesterday, CNA reported that the Department of Homeland Security released a report called
“Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” The nine-page document was
sent to police and sheriff’s departments nationwide, warning of the possible threat to national security posed by “groups and individuals that are
dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” The report identified as possibly dangerous “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.”
Thomas More Law Center, a pro-bono group that “promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of
Christians” responded to the report by filing a Freedom of Information Act asking the DHS to explain the basis for the report. The legal center also
cited the report’s “singling out of military veterans” as particularly concerning. The head of the American Legion, David Rehbein, took umbrage
at the DHS report, sending a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday. Rehbein called the document "incomplete, and, I fear,
politically-biased" since it warns that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be recruited by right-wing groups for possible terrorist
attacks.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, said “This is not an intelligence report but a diatribe against those
who oppose the policies of the Obama administration. It is a declaration of war against the American people and our constitution. It is a prelude to
extreme gun control legislation and hate speech laws targeting Christian churches and others who oppose abortion and same sex marriage. He also said,
“The federal government should be focusing its attention on the 35 radical Muslim compounds in the U.S. training its followers on how to kidnap and
kill Americans.” Also working with the Law Center is nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dr. Michael Savage, who “warned of the possibility
of a document like this being produced by DHS when [they] raised the issue of ‘Fusion Cells.’” Fusion Cells are local intelligence agencies
located across the country that DHS created to combat terrorism, “which includes pro-life activity,” the Law Center says. After receiving negative
news coverage of the report, Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, released a statement today. Napolitano
acknowleded the concerns of many Americans and said, “Let me be very clear: we monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United
States. We don’t have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group,” adding that the DHS does “not – nor will ever – monitor ideology or
political beliefs.”
[edit on 14-7-2009 by BornPatriot]