Extremism report based on Web chat: 2 groups call for Napolitano Resignation
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 Extremism' report based on Web chat
2 groups call for Napolitano to take responsibility, quit
Posted: August 12, 2009
7:57 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily
At least two groups are demanding Department of Homeland Security
Security Janet Napolitano quit after a report revealed that the
agency's recent report on "rightwing extremists" was based on sources
no more or less secure than Internet chat.
The DHS report was "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic
and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and
Recruitment." WND has posted the report online for readers to see.
The report linked returning veterans with the
possibility of terrorism, and when it was released it created such a
furor for Napolitano she has given several explanations for it,
including that she would have reworded the report and that it was
issued by a rogue employee.
She later apologized to veterans for having linked them to terror.
But critics noted that the report also targeted as "potential terrorists" Americans who:
* Oppose abortion
* Oppose same-sex marriage
* Oppose restrictions on firearms
* Oppose lax immigration laws
* Oppose the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship, and the expansion of social programs
* Oppose continuation of free trade agreements
* Are suspect of foreign regimes
* Fear Communist regimes
* Oppose a "one world" government
* Bemoan the decline of U.S. stature in the world
* Are upset with loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India, and more
A new report from Americans for Limited Government now has revealed
that according to documents released under a Freedom of Information Act
procedure, the DHS report was based on sources including "a
frighteningly kooky website" that included a report about a scientist
destroying a radio to God.
One of the DHS sources was "whatdoesitmean.com," the report said.
"And what is the thrust of whatdoesitmean.com – this site the Obama
administration considers a reliable source for intelligence gathering
against the American people?" the ALG wondered. "Whatdoesitmean.com
contends that the government of the United States has been in direct
contact with extra-terrestrial aliens through sophisticated radio
waves. Its masthead contains unicorns, Tarot cards, secret numbers, and
hieroglyphics.
"Based upon these and other similar observations on
whatdoesitmean.com (as well as in the intensely frenetic
Huffingtonpost.com and the far left Southern Poverty Law Center), the
Department of Homeland Security condemned millions of patriotic
Americans, including veterans, to intense, daily surveillance by law
enforcement officials nationwide," the ALG report said.
"Janet Napolitano's DHS did not conduct even the most rudimentary
research or investigation," the ALG said. "It did no statistical
analysis. It did not even bother to interview those it accused and
allow them the opportunity to defend themselves.
"DHS functionaries simply cruised the Internet (in tin-foil hats,
no doubt) and relied entirely upon some of the most disreputable sites
on the web to stage its attack upon its 'rightwing' targets," the
report said.
ALG President Bill Wilson now has demanded that Napolitano resign
her post for using what called "crackpot" sources for a federal threat
assessment report to law enforcement agencies nationwide in April.
"Janet Napolitano must resign immediately from her post at Homeland Security over this outrage," said Wilson.
"The Department of Homeland Security used a kook website to indict
the American people in drafting the 'rightwing extremism' memo. Its use
in intelligence gathering was deplorable and highly dubious, not
mention insulting to the tens of millions of Americans who were
targeted by the memo," he said.
"Under Napolitano's watch, government officials who were supposed
to be gathering real intelligence on domestic terror threats were
instead surfing the web and reading wacky websites, all to create the
public perception of 'rightwing extremism,'" Wilson said.
The report, Wilson charged, was created "without any intelligence
sources, crime data, or actual evidence of planned attacks or any
groups known to be planning attacks, or any groups with histories of
perpetrating attacks that are currently conducting any types of
operational recruitment, meeting, or planning."
Joining Wilson in the call for Napolitano's departure was Americans for Legal Immigration PAC.
"Labeling tens of millions of Americans who are veterans, or
concerned about taxes, gun rights, or illegal immigration as potential
domestic terrorists is inexcusable," said William Gheen of ALIPAC. "To
use anecdotal information found online and provided by discredited
leftist groups like the SPLC [Southern Poverty Law Center] and ADL
[Anti-Defamation League] to criminalize popular political positions in
American cannot be tolerated in a free society.
"Janet Napolitano must resign or be fired by Obama. If not, then
all Americans can safely assume that President Barack Obama supports
these highly unpopular and offensive policies coming from the
Department of Homeland Security," he said.
The ALIPAC statement said concerns over government efforts to
target those with conservative values was "elevated" recently by a run
of National Guard recruitment ads for "Internment/Resettlement"
specialists.
"People who are concerned about illegal immigration and our
government's complete failure to secure our borders and enforce our
existing immigration laws during a time of war represents the popular
view on these issues, and not some kind of domestic terrorist threat,"
said Gheen. "We call for Napolitano's resignation or termination and
ask that all federal officials take immediate actions to dispel public
concerns about rampant taxation, gun rights, and open borders plans."
None of the sources among 217 pages of documentation obtained under
FOIA was from a government organization or department, Wilson
confirmed.
Shortly after the "extremism" report was released, WND reported
that the Department of Defense was describing protesters as "low-level
terrorists."
WND later reported when the DoD eventually withdrew a training
manual question that linked protesters across the United States to
terrorism.
The Thomas More Law Center earlier filed a lawsuit against
Napolitano and the DHS on behalf of nationally syndicated conservative
radio talk show host Michael Savage, Gregg Cunningham of the pro-life
organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform Inc. and Iraqi War Marine
veteran Kevin Murray.
It alleges the federal agency violated the First and Fifth
Amendment constitutional rights of the three plaintiffs by targeting
them for disfavored treatment and chilling their free speech,
expressive association, and equal protection rights. The lawsuit
further claims that DHS encouraged law enforcement officers throughout
the nation to target and report citizens to federal officials as
suspicious rightwing extremists and potential terrorists because of
their political beliefs.
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