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World Net Daily has published an article which includes the March 26, 2009 interdepartmental memorandum prepared by DHS for local law enforcement regarding the "extremist" groups of potential domestic terrorists.  The list is so lengthy it took over 10 pages in order to outline them all. 

You most likely are on the list, since it doesn't appear they left anyone out, unless you are a government employee drone or work in the mainstream media.

There was an interesting paragraph regarding who it was that actually identified these potential terrorists groups:

"Definitions were derived from a variety of open source materials andunclassified information, then further developed during facilitated workshops withDHS intelligence analysts knowledgeable about domestic, non-Islamic extremism inthe United States."

I wonder if these "intelligence analysts" got their degrees online?  There is now an online university that is cashing in on this booming surveillance industry offering courses that can be completed in the comfort of your own home for less than it costs for two years at the average technical college.

The memo, Ms. Napoliano claims, was immediately yanked.  But, of course, it does appear that many local and state authorities mustn't have gotten that message prior to the Missouri memo surfacing, nor was it addressed in any fundamental way after the tea parties, other than apologies made to the American Legion, a Congressionally created veterans organization.

http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/04/30/-hsra-domestic-extremism-lexicon_165213935473.pdf

The purpose of the terrorist definitions in the Department of Homeland Security report entitled "Rightwing Extremism Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment"and the DHS Lexicon take on new meaning. A larger coordinated back door attack on Constitutional rights emerges when you consider them with a new bill from U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.).

Introduced April 29, 2009 is a bill, H.R. 2159 called "Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009." The correlation between this legislative action and the DHS policy becomes somewhat ominous when you consider parts of the bill. The bill H.R. 2159 states in part:

"the Attorney General the authority to deny the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearms or explosives license or permit to dangerous terrorists. . . . if the Attorney General determines that the transferee is known (or appropriately suspected) to be or have been engaged in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism, or providing material support thereof, and the Attorney General has a reasonable belief that the prospective transferee may use a firearm in connection with terrorism."

Supporters of the bill are the author, U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), and his bill's co-sponsors, Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), Mike Castle (R-Del.), Jim Moran (D-Va.), Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Mark Kirk (D-Ill.), and Chris Smith (R-N.J.).

On the face of it, this bill sounds like an innocuous law that will only make us safer. But as Benjamin Franklin said "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

If you are in a category in the DHS report that is "appropriately suspected" of being a terrorist, this bill will allow any Attorney General to deny you of your 2nd Amendment right. The DHS report classifies Pro-Life (51% of the American people in the latest survey), supporters of limited government, supporters of the Second Amendment, Military veterans, and people who don't apologize for America being number one in the world, as potential right wing terrorists.

If you are in that list, let your Congress person know what you think of their attempt to back door the removal of your Constitutional rights. Apparently some of them do not seem to understand who works for who.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) in response to recent gun control defeats proclaimed that ordinary Americans and gun control advocacy groups are consistently outflanked by gun owners' groups, like the National Rifle Association. What she fails to realize is that the NRA consists of her employers, the 'ordinary American'.

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), upset at her fellow employees of the 'ordinary American' for losses of gun control legislation said "It has to do with being afraid they'll lose their election if they stand up against guns,". That's right Rep. Woolsey, if you do not do what your employers want, you get fired.

Use the link here to find out who your Congress person is and let them know what you think.

Write your Congress person.

Protect your rights from being chipped away. Remember, they are from the government and they are trying to help you.

Consider also, the title of Senator, the title of Representative, the title of President, they are not titles of Rulers. They are titles of service. Service to you, the people.

The Second Amendment, part of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, is not just a Right to hunt. It is not just a Right to self defense from criminals. It is a Duty for each person to keep so that Tyranny is always kept at bay. Just having this Right ensures all of your other Rights. Without it, none of your other Rights will last.

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The New York Times reports that the wiretaps performed by the Bush administration exceeded what was allowed under the law:

The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.

Several intelligence officials, as well as lawyers briefed about the matter, said the N.S.A. had been engaged in “overcollection” of domestic communications of Americans. They described the practice as significant and systemic, although one official said it was believed to have been unintentional…

While the N.S.A.’s operations in recent months have come under examination, new details are also emerging about earlier domestic-surveillance activities, including the agency’s attempt to wiretap a member of Congress, without court approval, on an overseas trip, current and former intelligence officials said.

After a contentious three-year debate that was set off by the disclosure in 2005 of the program of wiretapping without warrants that President George W. Bush approved after the Sept. 11 attacks, Congress gave the N.S.A. broad new authority to collect, without court-approved warrants, vast streams of international phone and e-mail traffic as it passed through American telecommunications gateways. The targets of the eavesdropping had to be “reasonably believed” to be outside the United States. Under the new legislation, however, the N.S.A. still needed court approval to monitor the purely domestic communications of Americans who came under suspicion.

In recent weeks, the eavesdropping agency notified members of the Congressional intelligence committees that it had encountered operational and legal problems in complying with the new wiretapping law, Congressional officials said.

Officials would not discuss details of the overcollection problem because it involves classified intelligence-gathering techniques. But the issue appears focused in part on technical problems in the N.S.A.’s ability at times to distinguish between communications inside the United States and those overseas as it uses its access to American telecommunications companies’ fiber-optic lines and its own spy satellites to intercept millions of calls and e-mail messages.

One official said that led the agency to inadvertently “target” groups of Americans and collect their domestic communications without proper court authority. Officials are still trying to determine how many violations may have occurred.

Glenn Greenwald further discusses these revelations. Andrew Sullivan notes the hypocrisy of many right wing bloggers. While they ignore real civil liberties violations under Bush, they have been distorting a report on right wing extremism to raise bogus civil liberties concerns regarding the Obama administration. It is also notable that nobody made a fuss over a Department of Homeland Security report on left wing extremism which was declassified in January (pdf of report here). Both the reports on left wing and right wing extremism were prepared by a Bush appointee.

(Satirical New Service Wire) SNN has learned that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has decided to place the state of Wyoming on the domestic state sponsors of terrorism list. This list, modeled on a similar list of national terrorism sponsors maintained by the State Department, was created to better prepare the nation against domestic terrorist threats.

When asked about the designation, Secretary Napolitano stressed that she had no choice in the designation. "The recent DHS report on Rightwing Extremism made it clear that this is a risk that we as a country cannot ignore. Wyoming is a boiling cauldron of ethnic hatred -- Whites, Sioux, Hispanics. These groups have been at war for hundreds of years and we cannot allow that to spill out into the country as a whole." She also stressed that the report wasn't a political document, but was assembled by the department's career security professionals. "These people have no political axe to grind. Their only job is to protect the American people."

Secretary Napolitano was joined by Obama Budget Chief Peter ORszag. Noting that Wyoming has projected a budget surplus for 2009 he stated "This type of national terrorism cannot be tolerated. In today's economy, budget deficits are patriotic. Wyoming's lack of participation harms all Americans."

In a written statement, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed with the designation. "During the recent campaign, my plan to campaign in Wyoming was thwarted on our approach to the Cheyenne airport. Sniper fire was common at the airport, and the decision was made that the risk was too great to land. We diverted to Butte, Montana and drove to Wyoming for the campaign event."

The consequences of the designation are currently unclear. Currently FEMA personnel are en route to Wyoming to setup monitoring centers. "We will stay on top of the situation" said Secretary Napolitano, "We want to be proactive in dealing with these situations as they arise."