Posted on 06/11/2009 9:42:58 AM PDT by pissant
Happy Thursday! Did that controversial Homeland Security report on right-wing extremists (pdf) get it right? Several bloggers, commentators and news reports suggest it did, accurately predicting the deadly shooting at the Holocaust Museum.
"Civil rights activists say a string of recent attacks blamed on right-wing extremists, including Wednesday’s shooting at the Holocaust Museum, show that conservative critics were too quick to fault the Department of Homeland Security over an April report warning about the potential for such violence," reports Politico.
(Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.)
Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis distributed the report (pdf) to state and local law enforcement on April 7. It regularly publishes intelligence analyses on domestic and international threats to the nation’s borders and infrastructure.
Though the report did not cite specific threats, it suggested that “The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”
Secretary Janet Napolitano later apologized directly to veterans' groups, admitting the report's language unfairly characterized military servicemembers.
Yesterday's shooter, James W. von Brunn, was a military veteran and professed white supremacist with elaborate conspiracy theories and an active Web site. An acquaintance said von Brunn thought his Social Security benefits had been cut as a direct result of government officials tracking his activities.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
Done screaming.
Shooter shared many views with Jeremiah Wright and that wing of the democratic party.
Let me be among the many to state that there ARE nut cases on the ‘right’ who need watching.
AND!! there are nut cases on the ‘left’ worth watching.
As long as the balance is there, truly there, I don’t mind the overwatch.
Since the report referenced “recently returning veterans”, and this guy was 88, I think its a bit of a stretch.
A 9-11 truther, a Christian hater, A Jew hater....Sounds more like an Obama supporter or DU/Daily Kos member.
I noticed both this nut in DC and Tiller’s killer already had records, they were hardly new extremists.
No, it didn't.
What this shows yet again is the 30+ year liberal policy of letting insane people wander the streets instead of being committed to an insane asylum is itself nuts.
“Yesterday’s shooter, James W. von Brunn, was a military veteran and professed white supremacist...”
Is this not a description of Sen. “KKK” Byrd?
HOW DOES THIS MAKE HIM RIGHT WING?????????????
WHO IS RESPONDING TO THIS SHITE???
NO.
But this is more support for the gun-banners MSM and the Left to justify the Napolitano report.
The Nazi movement was a LEFTIST movement, and the subhuman remnants that continue to think like this have nothing to do with the political right in America today.
From memory, can anyone name the victims or the shooter in the Arkansas Muslim terrorist attack?
Yet Tiller and Braun’s names are like everyday words already....wonder why that is MSM?
The DHS report had nothing to do with WWII veterans, but nice try. This guys views are much closer to Rev. Wright’s than most any recent returning veteran, I’m sure.
Gee. What about the shooting of the young soldier in Ark. Does homeland security consider that an act of terrorism? Bet not.
The guy was an elderly lunatic with a long history of violence. He’d already been to prison for a violent incident at the Fed.
If the judicial system had done its job, he would have been safely behind bars.
Though the report did not cite specific threats, it suggested that “The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”
Anybody who argues that the Homeland Security phrase "the return of military veterans" was intended to include World War II veterans is simply delusional.
The shooter is an anti-Christian socialist whacko.
At his age, he probably has dementia.
“With the “deinstitutionalization” effort that began in the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of mentally ill men and women were released from state institutions. These people escaped grim conditions and sometimes brutal treatment. They largely did not, however, obtain proper care after their release. Rather than receiving continuing mental health treatment, mentally ill people were released to communities that had made little or no accommodation for their care.
While states cut funding for mental hospitals, they did not make commensurate increases in the budgets for community-based mental health services. Chronically underfunded, the country’s mental health system does not reach anywhere near the number of people who need it.”
http://www.counterpunch.org/mariner11052003.html
Of course, the insurance industry was complicit. They were more than happy to slash inpatient coverage and watch the hospitals close.
Oh did I mention that there are "Tragic and Stunning Developments"!!!
Did any of this happen after the mohammadan terrorist gunned down two of Americas Finest in Ark? Did the FBI issue warnings about mohammadans?
This is the same exact filth that Shep Smith was spewing yesterday.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.