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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJanet Napolitano was right
Remember this?:
The report, "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," said right-wing extremist groups may be using the recession and the election of the nation's first African-American president to recruit members.
(...)
"The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today," the report said. It noted that Timothy McVeigh, the bomber of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, was a military veteran.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-15/politics/extremism.report_1_extremist-groups-homeland-security-political-climate-fueling-resurgence?_s=PM:pOLITICS
The rightwing went into full-blown, canned poutrage mode over that one.
Here's Limbaugh's crybaby take, where he compared it to the sedition act:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2009/04/16/napolitano_stands_by_dhs_report
yet today we learn:
The suspect in the Sikh temple shooting who killed six in Wisconsin on Sunday has been identified as 40-year-old Wade Michael Page.
Authorities told CBS News this morning that Page -- who was also killed in a shootout with cops -- opened fire at a suburban Milwaukee temple, critically wounding three and killing six worshipers during Sunday services.
Page is reportedly a former U.S. Army soldier, once attached to the Fort Bragg Army installation in North Carolina, Fox News reported.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/wade-michael-page-identified-sikh-temple-suspect_n_1746542.html
Sounds like Napolitano knew exactly what she was talking about.
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Janet Napolitano was right (Original Post)
Adenoid_Hynkel
Aug 2012
OP
With government outsourcing in vogue Fatherland Security should subcontract with the Southern
Citizen Worker
Aug 2012
#4
CatWoman
(79,301 posts)1. KICK
obxhead
(8,434 posts)2. K&R
calimary
(81,261 posts)3. And she NEVER should have backed down when the chickenhawks started squawking!
Citizen Worker
(1,785 posts)4. With government outsourcing in vogue Fatherland Security should subcontract with the Southern
Poverty Law Center. Their tracking and analysis of our domectic hate groups is first rate.
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)5. And because he's a . . .
Christian White person,
he will never be referred to as a terrorist.