Report: FBI Finds White Supremacists Infiltrated Law Enforcement Agencies…
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Official FBI guidelines acknowledge that white supremacists and right-wing extremists have infiltrated U.S. law enforcement agencies, according to a classified 2015 counterterrorism policy guide obtained by The Intercept.
“Domestic terrorism investigations focused on militia extremists, white supremacist extremists, and sovereign citizen extremists often have identified active links to law enforcement officers,” the guide, which explains how individuals qualify for inclusion on a terrorism watchlist, reads, according to The Intercept.
While the FBI has been aware of this infiltration for some time and raised concerns in a 2006 internal assessment, federal agencies have been wary of discussing the issue publicly. Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano even disavowed a 2009 intelligence study warning of the “resurgence” of far-right extremists sparked by President Barack Obama’s election, as The Intercept noted.
Daryl Johnson, the lead researcher on the 2009 DHS report who was pushed out of the agency, told The Intercept that he was deeply disappointed by DHS’ decision to shrink the unit investigating right-wing extremists.
“Federal law enforcement agencies in general—the FBI, the Marshals, the ATF — are aware that extremists have infiltrated state and local law enforcement agencies and that there are people in law enforcement agencies that may be sympathetic to these groups,” he said.
The Oath Keepers and Constitutional Sheriffs Associations, both anti-government groups, actively recruit current and former law enforcement officers. An Oregon sheriff who belonged to the latter group supported the efforts of the armed militants who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for more than a month in early 2016. Last October, a Maryland police officer was suspended after a woman circulated a photo she took of an Oath Keepers hat displayed in his squad car.
According to The Intercept, police officers determined to have close ties to white supremacist, militia or sovereign citizen groups can end up on the terrorism watchlist as “silent hits.” That allows the FBI to secretly monitor them, as they are not publicly identified as known or suspected terrorists in the national crime database that is accessible to law enforcement agencies.
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terrible
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I thought people knew about this for years.
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Report: Water is Wet, Fire is Hot
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This report is old and yes a lot of white supremacists are police officers.
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We been knowing this. They don't even gotta be associated with a group they can just feel a ways and know they'll get away with it anyway.
Be safe. -
Nah for real?
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Shocking...
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Lou_Cypher wrote: »I thought people knew about this for years.
Had to flag you. Just felt right. Don't trust you. No disrespect. -
But what about black on black crime
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anyone surprised by this is an idiot. -
And in unrelated news the Nobel Prize was given to a scientist who discovered that fire was hot.
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Tell me something I don't know
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KingFreeman wrote: »Lou_Cypher wrote: »I thought people knew about this for years.
Had to flag you. Just felt right. Don't trust you. No disrespect.
No problem! Happens all the time. I appreciate your honesty. -
The Blue Klux ?
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Talking points memo? Lol whoo
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