A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security this month and reviewed by CNN, focuses on the domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists and comes as the Obama administration holds a White House conference to focus efforts to fight violent extremism.<\/p>\n
Some federal and local law enforcement groups view the domestic terror threat from sovereign citizen groups as equal to — and in some cases greater than — the threat from foreign Islamic terror groups, such as ISIS, that garner more public attention.?<\/p>\n
The Homeland Security report, produced in coordination with the FBI, counts 24 violent sovereign citizen-related attacks across the U.S. since 2010.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, I’ll agree to a point – sovereign citizens are a greater threat to law enforcement officers than Islamic extremists since the whole philosophy of the sovereign citizens hinges on resisting government authority and law enforcement officers are the public face of government authority. Islamic extremists tend towards attacking innocent people, like the Boston Marathon bombing and they generally avoid law enforcement.<\/p>\n
But this particular report smells like a Southern Poverty Law Center fund raising drive, like all of the others;<\/p>\n
Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said that by some estimates, there are as many as 300,000 people involved in some way with sovereign citizen extremism. Perhaps 100,000 people form a core of the movement, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, there are approximately 5 million Muslims living in the US, but not all of them are a threat, Potok, so stop fear mongering with your numbers. I’m sure that not all 300,000 sovereign citizens are plotting against the government, even if your number is correct.<\/p>\n
And, oh, by the way, DHS, just because the far, far, far right is plotting against the US government, that doesn’t mean that everyone to the right of the President is a terrorist. Just a reminder.<\/p>\n
Potok says sovereign citizen groups have attracted support because of poor economic conditions. Some groups travel the country pitching their ideology as a way to help homeowners escape foreclosure or get out of debt, by simply ignoring the courts and bankruptcy law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, I guess the only way to cure right wing terrorism is to start a right-wing extremists jobs program. Quick, alert the State Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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