DHS Report on "Right Wing" Terrorists a Fraud: BHO didn't need proof, just a report would do

He didn't need actual proof; he is after all, Obama. He just wanted to criminalize anyone who wasn't a lemming or a bot. That DHS report that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up was a fraud.
I first posted on the bogus DHS report April 12 here: SHOCKING NEW REPORT! OBAMA'S REAL TERRORISTS: TARGETING PATRIOTS AND THE RIGHT.

As we suspected, it's a fraud, like the mystery man in the Oval office.

ALG Blasts DHS Methodology Used in "Rightwing Extremism" Memo Revealed in Freedom of Information Response by Department Americans for Limited Government Hat tip Jane)

August 11th, 2009, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today condemned the methodology used by the Department of Homeland Security in issuing a controversial “right-wing extremism” threat assessment to law enforcement in April as “complete speculation.”

“Our worst fears about what went into this memo have been confirmed. The government department that was supposed to be tasked with identifying domestic terrorist threats is apparently using news stories, kooky websites, and conjecture instead of actual hard intelligence reporting and analysis,” said Wilson.

“This is a disgrace, and calls into question what it is that the so-called ‘Extremism and Radicalizaton Branch of the Homeland Environment Threat Analysis Division’ actually does,” Wilson added.

Americans for Limited Government filed a Freedom of Information request in April demanding all documents related to the drafting of the controversial “right-wing extremism” memo. It has now received an interim response from the Department related to “All data and all studies, reports, or other documents regarding data created or reviewed by the Department in general to draft the Report… [and] on the specific groups listed in the footnote on page 2 of the Report that were used by the Department.”

Those studies and reports included 217 pages, “releasable in their entirety, all of which are publicly available,” according to the DHS FOIA response. All of the data used by the Department are available via the Internet. A summary of the web-links is included here.

In a recent edition of the Clews-Todd Report, ALG top researcher Don Todd recently gave his assessment of the memo and DHS’ FOIA interim response, “Here you have a bunch of government bureaucrats surfing the web that come up with this crackpot website [http://whatdoesitmean.com], and then they alert all the police agencies in the country to look out for veterans, pro-lifers, and people that believe in states' rights.”

FOX News today exclusively reported on DHS’ response to ALG’s freedom of information request.

“Not a single study or report was from any government source,” said Wilson. “And again, there was no evidence of any actual active recruitment of ‘disgruntled veterans’ by these groups, no evidence showing that folks who purchase guns or oppose gun-control legislation are necessarily dangerous, and no evidence that the economic downturn or the election of Barack Obama that is fueling any actual ‘resurgence’ of ‘extremism.’”

The memo had reported that “rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans”.

“We already knew that the memo did not illuminate on any actual 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 attacks,” said Wilson.

FOX had it too: Evidence Supporting Claims in 'Rightwing Extremism' Report Lacks Depth, Group Says

Shortly after its release in April, Americans for Limited Government filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Homeland Security, asking to see the supporting evidence for a report on "right-wing extremist groups" that sparked outrage and questions. Apparently there wasn't much.

Comments

[JP]

It was meant to be a threat. And I still think the three attacks right after the report came out are suspect. I hope Shep feels like a complete moron.

[TC]

The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise. Pass it on.

[newinnewark]

I'm so sick and tired of being potrayed as a right-wing extremist. This notion that we must submit to any and all things mandated to us by government goes against every fiber of our Constitution. This also flies in the face of freedom loving people.

I pray that true God fearing Americans fight with every ounce of their strength to crush this tyranny that is entombing us. Obama, the DHS and all of their goons cannot grasp the hatred and fear that bubbles at the surface.

AMERICANS NEVER BACK DOWN FROM A FIGHT!!!!!!!! Let the communists, socialists and Marxists start the fight and WE WILL FINISH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, Pamela, you are truly gorgeous. Thanks for all that you do for America!!

[neverforget]

If that is the quality of intelligence analysis working with or within Homeland Security, then we are screwed.

[Indigo Red]

And to think Pres Bush was excoriated and lampooned for not finding boatloads of WMD half a world away in an extremely hostile environment. Obama & Co. can't find actual right-wing extremists in his own backyard when given their addresses and phone numbers.

[pythagoras]

Of course as we all know the REAL terrorist is Barack Hussein Obama who possibly is the most dangerous man in the world.

Fortunately, Obama did NOT have his way: Napolitano alleges that she returned the report on the supposed threat posed by right wing terrorists to Obama with the criticism that he had nothing to support the claims made by him within his 'report.' (I am unable to verify the truth of Ms. Napolitano's statement except that it would appear that Obama has not been able to turn the Department of Homeland Security into the Secret Police-type operation he wanted to .