re: #124 anchors_aweigh

“Right-Wing” extremist warnings are nothing new in the LE community. Yes, this particular Threat Assessment is more anecdotal than others I have seen, but it is really not out of the ordinary. In fact, I will bet that it was released to the public by a “Right-Winger” to stir-up people just prior to the Tea parties. A false-flag op.

Professional security risk managers continually assess risk from all potential threat vectors. “Threat” is just one component of “Risk”, so don’t get your panties in a wad because those who do security risk analysis for a living, are actually doing their job. Looking at all potential threat vectors.

DHS I&A was just doing their job by providing Threat data to the security risk managers. A Threat Assessment is the entering argument when doing a security risk analysis, not the end product.

I have to disagree. I don’t think this was a right wing leak, specifically because, it discredits the tea parties rather than drawing attention to them. I know most right wingers (not extremist types) have been wanting press attention, but not attention that marginalizes them and makes them look like nuts.