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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2009 Homeland Security warned of radicalized war veterans.
I've seen HBO Vice's Elle Reeve in TV several times the last few days. Her report on the marches and marchers in Charlottesville was very good. She commented on how organized these Nazis are adding that all of Richard Spencer's security are Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Anyone remember how upset the Republicans got about the DHS report in 2009?
Republicans said Wednesday that a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremists.
The party's leader in the House of Representatives, Rep. John Boehner, described the report as offensive and demanded that the agency apologize to veterans.
The agency's intelligence assessment, sent to law enforcement officials last week, warns that right-wing extremists could use the bad state of the U.S. economy and the election of the country's first black president to recruit members. (Click here for the full DHS report, in PDF form.)
The assessment also said that returning military veterans who have difficulties assimilating into their home communities could be susceptible to extremist recruiters or might engage in lone acts of violence.
Homeland Security says the assessments are part of a series published "to facilitate a greater understanding of the phenomenon of violent radicalization in the United States."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-domestic-terror-warning-angers-gop/
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)atreides1
(16,093 posts)I'll bet there were veterans on both sides!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)defending.
VINO?