Posted on 10/30/2019 1:15:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) pressed law enforcement and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials on their efforts to counter white supremacist groups as terror organizations in a House Homeland Security hearing Wednesday.
“Do we need to consider designating some of these [white nationalist] entities as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, or is the current policy of the United States of America that we only designate Muslim organizations as FTOs?” Rose asked the witnesses, who included acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and FBI Director Chris Wray.
“If a white nationalist organization fits the criteria of an FTO, as I believe these do, should we consider designating them as such so you have the broad based authorities you currently do to fight ISIS, al-Qaeda, and its affiliates?” he added.
The witnesses said FTO designations are the responsibility of the State Department. Rose pressed Wray on whether he would object to removing the FTO designation for other foreign terrorist organizations.
“We would find that very operationally problematic, yes. I will say that I’m sure—as Secretary McAleenan said to a different question—we can always use more tools,” Wray responded. “You’re never going to find a law enforcement or intelligence professional who wouldn’t like more tools. And I can imagine situations where what you’re describing would be very helpful for us to have as a tool.”
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Great...lets create another gov funded group that does the same job as law enforcement in other Countries.
DHS-2...because the first one wasn’t pointless enough.
Well, white supremacists have killed more Americans in the last few years than any other group. Soooo, he’s kinda right.
You think Rose has any chance of being re-elected?
Max Rose is at the top of the White Terrorist list.
How many “foreign white nationalist” groups have actually committed terror attacks against the United States?
[Max Rose is at the top of the White Terrorist list.]
You have anything to back that up?
Islamists seem to be the real threat.
Last I checked, even the Indian subcontinent was officially part of whitedom, although the Brits classify them as Asian.
Did Rose provide any evidence that the above is happening? This mostly sounds like PCness taken to the next level. Got to focus on the white folks, too, no matter how far one has to reach to try and justify it.
Yeah, but they clearly are NOT under the influence of a foreign power, so it’s hard to see what is gained by giving them that designation.
THE biggest threat and terror organization is the WHITE LIBERALS demographic.
WHAT THE MOTHER #### IS THIS GUY DOING REPRESENTING STATEN ISLAND?!!?!?!
IT’S BECAUSE OF ALL THE RUSSIANS AND ALBANIANS AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE BROOKLYN PART THAT HE WON!!!
TRUMP RECEIVED ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTE ON STATEN ISLAND.
THAT DAMN PART OF BROOKLYN RUINS US!!!
I CANNOT IMAGINE HE WILL WIN AGAIN WHEN EVERY SINGLE ITALIAN ON STATEN ISLAND HEARS THAT HE SPOKE SUCH UTTER TRASH AND GARBAGE AND SPEWED SUCH WORTHLESS, VILE VOMIT!!!
I’M GONNA EMAIL THIS MOTHER ####ING PRICK RIGHT NOW!!!
sorry.
It’s a distraction to put white people on the defensive.
Well, yeah, I have the FBI director’s testimony and crime data to back up the fact that white supremacists have killed more people that Islamic jihadists lately. The numbers aren’t disputed. It’s fact.
I guess he means Al Queda, ISIS and the Taliban.
my email to him
REALLY!??!??!!?!? “WHITE SUPREMACIST” TERROR GROUPS ARE WHAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT????? ARE WE PICKING ON POOR ISIS?!!?!?!?!? HOW DID YOU WIN HERE?!??!
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REAL WORLD AND NOT WORRY ABOUT BEING PC.
My friends and family are DISGUSTED!!!!
And VERY disappointed.
What? are you worried there is not equal distribution of terror?!?!!?!?
should there be quotas???
what a disgraceful performance!!!
smh
These types of crimes are categorized by ideology of the perpetrator, not by the color of your skin. If you have a white kid become a radicalized Islamist in prison and he kills an infidel, that crime is classified as a radical Islam crime.
[WHAT THE MOTHER #### IS THIS GUY DOING REPRESENTING STATEN ISLAND?!!?!?!
IT’S BECAUSE OF ALL THE RUSSIANS AND ALBANIANS AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE BROOKLYN PART THAT HE WON!!!]
Designating overseas white supremacist groups as terror groups would allow the FBI to prosecute Americans who give these groups material support, which includes spreading their message online.
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