FBI: Right-wing terror is real

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TUESDAY, AUG 7, 2012 06:45 AM CDT
FBI: Right-wing terror is real
Documents show that the FBI has been constantly worried about right-wing terrorism -- including suicide attacks
BY JORDAN MICHAEL SMITH
When Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano released a report in April 2009 identifying right-wing extremists as a threat to the country, conservatives howled. The general sentiment was expressed by Michelle Malkin, who declared the report a “piece of crap … propaganda … an Obama hit job.” Jonah Goldberg complained that the DHS report failed to stick “to the practice of describing these groups with more specificity and without the catchall, ideologically loaded descriptors.” Well, now that we have learned the murderer of six people at a Wisconsin Sikh temple was a well-known white supremacist, conservatives might want to consider reexamining their claims that terrorists don’t exist on the right side of the political spectrum.

Conservatives might be shocked that someone else besides a Muslim can commit an act of terrorism, but white supremacists and neo-Nazis have been recognized as genuine threats for years. FBI documents declassified in July reveal that the bureau has been worried about right-wing extremists for a long time — so many years, in fact, that many seem to have forgotten that white supremacists, who pioneered homegrown terrorism with the Ku Klux Klan, have not gone away.

The documents, which were collected by the invaluable National Security Archive and obtained partly through Freedom of Information Act requests, shed light on the problems coming from the extreme right. According to a 2004 FBI report, “right-wing terrorists pose a significant threat due to their propensity for violence” (note the FBI’s use of the term “right-wing” to define these terrorists, the phrase that so enraged conservatives when Napolitano employed it). These groups increased their recruitment efforts and rhetoric after 9/11, according to the report. White supremacists groups relied on broader anti-immigrant sentiment throughout the country to advance their efforts.

more:http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/fbi_right_wing_terror_is_real/

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1. K&R...

that pissed me off when Napolitano's report came under such fire. Asshats.

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2. Convenient memories: on 07/27/08 a shotgun-weilding Rightist entered the Knoxville Unitarian Church

killed two and wounded seven during a children's play:

Adkisson, a former private in the United States Army from 1974 to 1977, says that he was motivated by hatred of Democrats, liberals, African Americans and homosexuals.[2][9][10] According to a sworn affidavit by one of the officers who interviewed Adkisson on July 27, 2008:[3]
“ During the interview Adkisson stated that he had targeted the church because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of major media outlets. Adkisson made statements that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them into office. Adkisson stated that he had held these beliefs for about the last ten years. ” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Unitarian_Universalist_church_shooting

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3. Haven't nearly ALL terrorist killers in the US, other than 9/11, been RW'er's?

Put another way, have there been ANY left wing terrorist attacks? Even the Weather Underground went out of their way to avoid killing anyone, (the only death occurred when one of them blew himself up accidentally).

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4. But!

Those who ran the plane on the WTC were religious zealots supporting a xenophobic agenda. So that is also arguably Right Wing.

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5. True!