But how is the Klan a rightwing group?
Posted on 04/19/2005 6:35:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is focusing on possible terror threats from radical environmental and animal rights activists without also examining risks that might be posed by right-wing extremists, House Democrats said Tuesday.
A recent internal Homeland Security document lists the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front with a few Islamic groups that could potentially support al-Qaida as domestic terror threats.
The document does not address threats posed by white supremacists, violent militiamen, anti-abortion bombers and other extremists that Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (news, bio, voting record), D-Miss., called "right-wing hate groups."
ALF and ELF "are the left-leaning groups that they identified," said Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee. "But they absolutely left out any of the other groups."
"If your responsibility is to protect the homeland from these domestic terrorists, then you have an obligation to identify all of them — not just some of them," Thompson said.
Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said the internal document — which was not meant for public distribution — identifies only general categories of threats and vulnerabilities, and is not meant to be a comprehensive list.
"Other classified threat and vulnerability assessments that guide our day-to-day operations and planning are more specific and identify more detailed information," Roehrkasse said.
Thompson said he reminded Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff of threats by right-wing groups in a letter sent to the department Thursday — the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. That attack, which killed 168 people, marks the worst act of domestic terrorism on U.S. soil.
ALF and ELF are accused by the FBI of committing hundreds of acts of arson or other attacks on property in the United States, causing millions of dollars in damages. None of their attacks, however, have caused human deaths.
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"other extremists".. ?
like conservative talk radio and other groups that support the Constitution ?
Bennie Thompson web site
http://benniethompson.house.gov/hor/ms02/home.htm
Ranking Democratic Member
Committee on Homeland Security
There is no threat from the right.
Not entirely so. The Klan, some neo-Nazi groups are threats. But, apparently, just not as dangerous as the lefties.
I was simply updating the old Democrat party mantra that there was "no threat from the left" ~ they used it to justify ignoring communist subversion.
Okie dokie.
The beauty of "right-wing hate groups" is that they aren't likely to compromise their beliefs in order to further their cause.
Islamic extremist + ecofreak = "Dude, I totally see it."
Nazi + Islamic extremist = A double-body-bag solution to both problems.
well, are the Klan and neo-nazi groups actually "right wing"?
case in point: last time I checked, the only federal senator who is a Klan member is a left-of-center democrat...
there is another point to consider: the Klan and the so-called "right wing" "militia" groups (read: racial separatist/white supremacist idiots) have been pretty thoroughly penetrated by the FBI for quite some time.
It seems that most of our problems stem from ignoring (and, in many cases, tolerating) left-wing threats.
I mean, the last time "right-wing hate groups" blew up a federal building, liberals made sure the Islamic terrorists involved were free to hit us again.
Probably because there are only thirteen of them, and they have three rusty AK-47s and thirty-five teeth between them. ;)
Well, the white supremacist was shot by Lon Horiuchi; of the violent militia, one was executed and the other is serving life. The anti-abortion bomber just pled guilty as charged and will serve life, for life. That about wraps it up, so where's the problem from The Right?
Okay, lets list all the terrorist actions by right wing groups. Okay, now that that is done lets list terrorist actions by right wing individuals acting on their own. My count would be about three. WHOA! Gotta contain. Gotta contain.
But the Klan and Nazi groups are not from the right!
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