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The most troubling aspect of this article is its suggestion that radical racist groups are actively working to infiltrate the military. That the FBI hasn't yet
by sevensor 8y ago
The most troubling aspect of this article is its suggestion that radical racist groups are actively working to infiltrate the military. That the FBI hasn't yet rolled up this particular group could mean that they're working methodically, as the feds do. Or it could mean that they've dropped the ball. I'm not convinced either way by the article.
- hyperpape 8y agoThe FBI has paid some attention to white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement: https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/ https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-inve...
- Geekette 8y agoThis is chilling: “Right-wing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African-American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, ... singling out “disgruntled military veterans” ... in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat.” ... Faced with mounting criticism, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano disavowed the document and apologized to veterans. The agency’s unit investigating right-wing extremism was largely dismantled and the report’s lead investigator was pushed out. “They stopped doing intel on that, and that was that,” Heidi Beirich, who leads the Southern Poverty Law Center’s tracking of extremist groups