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MichaelSoE

(1,576 posts) Thu Aug 8, 2019, 05:33 AM Aug 2019

'Blood on their hands': the intelligence officer whose warning over white supremacy was ignored

A must read from the guardian. It reminds me of Richard Clark's warning to W about Al-Qaida. This is even worse because the Repugs knew that their very survival depended on burying the whole matter.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/07/white-supremacist-terrorism-intelligence-analyst

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'Blood on their hands': the intelligence officer whose warning over white supremacy was ignored (Original Post) MichaelSoE Aug 2019 OP

Great Interview JimGinPA Aug 2019 #1

Well worth a read. Thanks. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #2

Even many DUers and other liberals refused to call it terrorism IronLionZion Aug 2019 #3

JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)

1. Great Interview

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2019, 07:04 AM

Aug 2019

K&R

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,955 posts)

2. Well worth a read. Thanks. . . nt

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2019, 07:32 AM

Aug 2019

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)

3. Even many DUers and other liberals refused to call it terrorism

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2019, 08:15 AM

Aug 2019

for fear of racial profiling like brown people have had to deal with for years. I'm sure a lot of white DUers feel uncomfortable with the thought of experiencing equal treatment, because it sucks pretty bad.

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