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A leaked U.S. Army document obtained by Wired Magazine characterizes people “frustrated with mainstream ideologies” as potential terrorists, while also framing those who “believe in government conspiracies” as violent radicals.
The manual (PDF) was produced in 2011 by the Asymmetric Warfare Group, a unit within the U.S. Army headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland. The document is intended to weed out “internal threats” within the ranks of U.S. soldiers.
Originally posted by jesiaha
What does ''advocating violence outside of what is normal means?.....what is ''normal violence''?
Originally posted by Urantia1111
Originally posted by jesiaha
What does ''advocating violence outside of what is normal means?.....what is ''normal violence''?
That just means the violence they will use on the "terrorists" ie those people who "revere personal freedom". So let me get this straight. You now have to be "pro-self-enslavement" to avoid being detained and tortured as a terrorist? Where am I???
These are some warning signs that that you have turned into a terrorist who will soon kill your co-workers, according to the U.S. military. You’ve recently changed your “choices in entertainment.” You have “peculiar discussions.” You “complain about bias,” you’re “socially withdrawn” and you’re frustrated with
Originally posted by Wonderer2012
What's scary about this is that it is very vague, a lot of benign behaviours, such as questioning a certain foreign policy for example, could be perceived as being on the the road to 'terrorism'.
"Verbally indicates hatred for the United States". Now, this could be interpreted in many ways depending on the agenda of the person making the decision.
Much like Zionists will call criticism of Israeli actions as 'anti semitic', this could be used to say anyone questioning American policy is showing 'hatred to the United States'.
Here's the full PDF-
www.wired.com...
www.prisonplanet.com
(visit the link for the full news article)edit on 3-10-2012 by Wonderer2012 because: (no reason given)