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Press Release from DHS on 'Right-Wing Extremism' Report

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Charles4/15/2009 7:46:31 pm PDT

re: #367 CEQAttorney

I read the whole report, and I am frankly baffled and more than a little appalled at the way it’s been distorted and spun. I didn’t see anything false or outrageous in it at all. It’s a threat assessment intended for law enforcement, to bring police and other agencies up to speed on a very real problem, and this hyperventilating is completely ridiculous.

It does not tar all conservatives with the extremist brush, it does not smear all veterans, it does not jump to unwarranted conclusions, it’s a fairly standard government document, vaguely written and very general as all government documents are. I can tell that lawyers went over every word before it was sent to law enforcement agencies.

This is a phony, manufactured controversy.