Dem Homeland Security chair "dumbfounded" by DHS report he once called for

[Adelante]

Okay, here’s a fun little postscript to the bizarre controversy over the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment of the threat posed by “right wing extremists.”

A Democrat, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, is now trying to grab some of the media attention on this story for himself, aggressively criticizing the Obama administration over the “right wing extremists” report, even though the controversy fomented by the right on this is largely bogus.

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In response to this week’s controversy, Thompson, the chair of the Homeland Security Committee, has professed himself “dumbfounded” by the DHS report. He claimed that it “appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans — including war veterans.”

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But as ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee in 2005, Thompson put out a whole report calling on DHS to do more to crack down on right wing extremism. You can read the report right here.

“DHS must reassess the threat posed by right-wing domestic terrorists and revise its long term planning to address this risk,” the report warns. It adds that “the risk posed by right-wing extremists” should prompt DHS to “give higher priority to this threat.”

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/terrorism/democrat-who-blasted-right-wing-extremism-report-called-for-crackdown-on-right-wing-extremism/

[redqueen]

1. I wonder why the difference now...

maybe he thinks criticizing Obama's administration will help him?

[Solomon]

2. He never read it and he wouldn't have read this one but for the

stupid complaints from the right wing.