Scaring conservatives into submission

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Scaring conservatives into submission

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DHS released a report today about the growth in right-wing radicalism, focusing on vets. You can read the report here:

http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/mich ... -04-07.pdf

The broad generalizations in this report and the noticeable lack of quanitifiable and verifiable information make it sound like a seventh grade book review. Some internet sources describe this as an attempt to weaken the tea party turnout and diminish the influence of conservatives generally.

The all-too-familiar with bureacracy cynic in me wonders if this is the feeble attempt of the "Extremism and Radicalism Branch, Homeland Environment Threat Division" to avoid cutbacks and preserve jobs in a harsh economic climate. In the past, this branch wrote reports on left-wing extremism and under an Obama administration, they might come under scrutiny. The overly ambiguous language and references to old successes or events as a means of proving how completely indispensable an organization is seems like job-protecting CYA ;-)

Curious how the rest of you saw this report.

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