Bennie Thompson "dumbfounded" by Homeland report on "right-wing extremism"
The top House Democrat overseeing the Department of Homeland Security is demanding that officials there explain how and why they wrote and released a controversial report identifying veterans as potential terrorist threats.
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano that he was "dumbfounded" such a report would be issued.
"This report appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans -- including war veterans," Mr. Thompson said in the letter sent Tuesday.
• Click here to download a PDF of the report.
"As I am certain you agree, freedom of association and freedom of speech are guaranteed to all Americans -- whether a person's beliefs, whatever their political orientation, are 'extremist' or not," Mr. Thompson said.
Washington Times 4/15/9
Posted April 15, 2009 - 4:48 pm
Friday, September 3, 2010
Wow.... I am about speechless that Bennie Thompson is worried bout we the peoples rights being taken away and the goverment (That you Osama Obama) calling anyone that doesn’t see things the liberal socialist way right-wing extremeist. Could maybe this mean we are seeing cracks in the liberal front............ One could n would hope this is happening. If its not too late already............