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Shooting at Holocaust Museum in Washington DC

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Charles6/10/2009 12:59:17 pm PDT

re: #464 Dianna

I insist on no such thing, and I continue to think the DHS report was useless, vague, poorly written, and not in the least bit helpful.

For instance, in what way did it help spot this man - or Roeder! - before they acted? Not at all.

Of course, crazed postings, websites, criminal actions and actual convictions didn’t seem to help, either.

The target audience for the DHS report wasn’t bloggers and pundits — it was cops. People who work in law enforcement. It was a backgrounder, general by design. It was identifying general characteristics and beliefs that can be used to recognize right wing extremists.

It wasn’t intended to be a wanted poster, telling cops to expect attacks from specific groups.