A Dept. of Homeland Security Report that warns of dangerous radical right wing groups, gave such a general description of dangerous Americans that the report amounts to nothing more than profiling half of America's citizens.
Americans whose ideology is anti- abortion, or who support gun ownership are specifically described in this profiling by the DHS. Shockingly, and unfortunately, the report includes veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan war front. It should come as no surprise to Janet Napolitano that many Americans are expressing anger and outrage due to a sense of betrayal by the government for being profiled in such a heinous and mean manner.
Fox News reports that Napolitano refused to apologize. Napolitano is quoted as saying: DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the report Wednesday, saying it is part of an ongoing series of assessments to provide information to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies on "violent radicalization" in the United States. end quote~
Though a report for radical left wing groups was produced in January, the difference is that this report from Homeland Security was very specific in mentioning who the report designated as a threat, namely the Earth Liberation Front and an animal rights group. Most importantly, the report for these two groups mentioned that their methods of attacks were usually "economically based".
The shame of such a report being released is the feelings it will instill in many Americans: fear and betrayal. This will in turn change to anger in many instances.
Fear, intimidation...perhaps that is the intention.
