Hmm. Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is
keeping an eye on the threat from “left wing
extremists,” in addition to “right wing” ones, according
to an internal DHS threat assessment I’ve just
obtained.
Yesterday the Washington Times caused a massive
outrcry by reporting that the DHS had prepared a
threat assessment warning law enforcement officials
around the country of increased activity by “right wing
extremists.”
The story was grabbed on to by conservatives and
Republican elected officials who alleged it proved anti-
conservative bias by the Obama administration, with
some claiming that the sweeping term “left wing
extremists” would never be used by Obama
administration officials about the left.
I’ve now obtained, however, an internal DHS
assessment for law enforcement officials that sounds
equally dire warnings about “left wing extremists.” And
it broadly defines these extremists as including
people who embrace some components
of “anticapitalist” or “antiglobalization” ideas.
