DHS to label white supremacists as the 'most persistent and lethal threat' to the US: report

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to label white supremacists as the most serious terror threat facing the United States.

In three draft reports reviewed by Politico, DHS says the threat posed by white supremacists is more significant than the immediate danger from foreign terrorists.

“Foreign terrorist organizations will continue to call for Homeland attacks but probably will remain constrained in their ability to direct such plots over the next year,” all three documents say.


Russia “probably will be the primary covert foreign influence actor and purveyor of disinformation and misinformation in the Homeland,” the documents add.


Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/515244-dhs-to-label-white-supremacists-as-the-most-persistent-and-lethal

[Grokenstein]

1. Ooooo, Generalissimo Corpulente ain't gonna like that!!

[diverdownjt]

12. Generalissimo Corpulente

Sounds so banana republic to me....luv it.

[llashram]

2. well it's about goddamn time

[Hoyt]

3. Glad to see they are being truthful. Somewhat unexpected. trump will intercede.

[regnaD kciN]

4. Bet this never sees the light of day...

Trump and Barr will squelch it.

[babylonsister]

5. I figured their approval was involved. nt

[ribrepin]

13. Right on the money

[Lonestarblue]

20. Politico needs to publish the drafts.

[ck4829]

24. It is a possibility

[Eugene]

6. The Deplorable in Chief will overrule this in a heartbeat, unless Chad Wolf does it first.

MF45 just tried to pin the poisoning of Alexei Navalny on China. Evidence means nothing to him.

[onetexan]

17. i'm surprised "his" DHS actually released this report, i'm sure without dear leader's approval.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[Kali]

8. kind of surprising

wonder the % of the rank and file that meet the criteria?

[onetexan]

16. +1 K&R

[TomCADem]

9. It Is Only a Draft. Trump Will Order a Re-Write...

...That names the media, Antifa and Democrats terrorists.

[ancianita]

11. +1

[Initech]

10. Four words: Radical. White. Supremacist. Terrorists.

[ck4829]

23. 4 words Trump can't say

[bucolic_frolic]

14. We're going to watch them as they grow

they may yet prove useful.

[reACTIONary]

15. FYI, Link to the Politico article...

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/white-supremacists-terror-threat-dhs-409236

[reACTIONary]

18. The report lessens the perceived threat...

According to the Politico article, it diminishes the import of white racial grievance by categorizing it as one amongst several types of extremist ideology.

Ben Wittes, the editor in chief of the national security site Lawfare, obtained the documents and shared them with POLITICO.... “It diminishes the prominence of white supremacy relative to other domestic violent extremism, and, without being inaccurate, puts it in a basket along with other violent activity that may be more palatable for the administration to acknowledge,” he said.

[bluestarone]

19. And the FOP (Fraternal Order Of Police) support

RUMP? Give me a fucking break!!

[BlueWavePsych]

21. What will they do about it?

[LiberalFighter]

22. They why aren't they using the same tactics they used against peaceful protesters?

[ck4829]

25. Kick