NAPOLITANO SCOLDED FOR DOING HER JOB !

Every conservative voice on record jumped all over the Homeland Security Secretary for revealing the truth. That truth came out in July 2008 with a Federal Bureau of Investigation report “White Supremacist Recruitment of Military Personnel since 9/11.” Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Cherloff may or may not have released the information contained in that report to police departments all over the U.S. Napolitano wanted to make sure the police in Buckeye, Mesa, Tempe, and every other departments in Arizona and nationwide were alerted.

The Report reveals that military experience is found throughout the white supremacist extremist movement, and that these groups “have attempted to increase their recruitment of current and former U.S. military personnel." This is substantiated according to the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Many white supremacists over the years have pushed their followers to join the military and enter … the special forces…where you will learn the skills necessary to fight the coming race war.” The Center also reported that there are 19 groups of extremists active in Arizona ?AZ Republic, 4/25/09?; many are here in the Valley. Some of us can testify to that who have walked in the Martin Luther King, Jr. marches, with "Skinhead escorts". Fortunately so far only a small number of veterans are in hate groups: 58 in the National Alliance, 46 in select skinhead groups, 44 in the National Socialist Movement, 20 in the Ku Klux Klan, and fewer numbers in other groups. (see: 7 July 2008, F.B.I. Report, Counterterrorism Division; NY Times,4/18/09)

I believe police departments need to know about such FBI reports so they can take appropriate action if called for. Not everyone agrees. Randy Pullen, chairman of the Republican Party in Arizona criticized Napolitano, “She has little understanding of the security issues facing our country.…” Representative Michael Burgess, R-Texas, called for her to step down from the Cabinet. Rep. John Shadegg demanded Napolitano explain how the intelligence report appeared to classify conservatives as potential terrorists. Where were they when the FBI report came out under the Bush Administration? - Probably it was un-noticed, unread, or not distributed, another Bush administration secret?

The Rand Corporation on April 17, 2008 released a major research report on returning Iraq-Afghanistan veterans. Nearly 20% of military service members who have returned report "symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have sought treatment...." In the first analysis of its kind, researchers at Rand estimate that PTSD and depression among returning service members will cost the nation as much as $6.2 billion in the two years following deployment. "There is a major health crisis facing those men and women who have served our nation...," said researcher Terri Tanielian. "There will be long-term consequences for them and for the nation..Unfortunately, we [Rand] found there are many barriers preventing them from getting the high-quality treatment they need." [and deserve! - FS] The full report, titled "Invisible Wounds of War," is available at http://veterans.rand.org/.

REMEMBER April 19th, 1995? An honorably discharged Army veteran with ties to a right-wing paramilitary group caused the deaths of 168 people in the horrific Oklahoma City bombing. –

Source: FS - The Independent Voice