Mueller" "Anti-Government Rhetoric" = Domestic Terrorism Bigger Threat Than Al Qaeda

Does it even momentarily embarrass this jackass to be braying about "lone-wolf extremists" and "anti-government rhetoric" in the wake of Fort Hood, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the would-be NYC subway bombers, Jamaat ul-Fuqra bases all over the country, and the rest of the laundry list of Islamist-related threats to our domestic security? What we really need fear is the Hutaree?

What would these morons do without Timothy McVeigh to flog anew every time this subject comes up? And aren't they worried that some day some one is going to point out that this particular emperor is buck naked because Tim McVeigh had help from Muslim terrorists in planning and executing his little "home-grown" plot?

Yes, Robert, we get the implied message about being polite and not stepping out of line. This weekend is the anniversary of the New Englanders who got the same message from the king of England back in 1775. You may recall what their answer was. Be thankful that all you're getting is "rhetoric". And as John Parker, Isaac Davis, Sam Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott might have put it, don't press your luck.

From FOX News:

Mueller: Home-Grown Extremists as Threatening as Al Qaeda
NewsCore

The warning, from the FBI Director, Robert Mueller, came as the former President Clinton drew parallels between the Oklahoma City tragedy and a recent upsurge in anti-government rhetoric.

Fifteen years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the specter of domestic terrorism has returned to haunt the Obama administration, with a warning from the FBI that “home-grown and lone-wolf extremists” now represent as serious a threat as Al Qaeda and its affiliates, The Times reported on Saturday.

The warning, from the FBI Director, Robert Mueller, came as the former President Clinton drew parallels between the Oklahoma City tragedy and a recent upsurge in anti-government rhetoric, while American television audiences heard Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, describe the “absolute rage” that drove him to plan an attack that killed 168 men, women and children.

An FBI spokesman said Friday that Mueller was referring to right-wing extremist groups and anti-government militias, as well as American Islamists, in his testimony to the Senate committee that must approve the FBI’s $8.3 billion budget.

Last month federal agents arrested nine members of a Christian militia based in Michigan, calling itself the Hutaree. They have been charged with plotting to murder local police with a stash of guns, knives and grenades.

Since the passage of President Obama’s health reforms, the FBI has also made arrests in Seattle and San Francisco after death threats were sent to Democratic senators.

“It’s one thing to express dissatisfaction with the Government but once you cross the line with a violent threat, that’s a violation that we take extremely seriously,” Bill Carter, the bureau’s spokesman, said.

The Oklahoma bombing was followed by an exhaustive civilian trial in which McVeigh became a hate figure to most but a hero to some members of the survivalist fringe on which he was radicalized.

He was executed in 2001, but not before granting 45 hours of death-row interviews to the authors of a book, American Terrorist, whose tapes will be broadcast for the first time on Monday.

McVeigh never confessed to the bombing in court but he appears to do so on the tapes.

“I feel no shame for it,” he says. “This was something that I saw as a larger good, and I know that, as I analyzed the history of not just the U.S., but all nations throughout the history of mankind. People have killed for what they believed was the greater good, and it’s accepted. Sometimes killing is accepted.”

The White House was careful to emphasize that the threat of external terrorism remained acute but senior officials are privately confident that military operations in Afghanistan are going well and putting Al Qaeda on the back foot.

Few people in Washington are as confident about the domestic threat.


Good. I hope the little bastards are wetting their pants. By November they'll be claiming that we plan to tar and feather them and ride them out of town -- D.C. to be specific -- on a rail.

If only.

A Well Regulated Militia Being Necessary to the Security of a Free State. . .

With today's FBI raids it might be a good time to remember that WE The People are THE Militia as the Founders envisioned it and so penned in The Second Amendment. Every one of us.

When the Redcoats (no offense, Ray) came to seize the military supplies at Concord ("and do try to bag those scoundrels Adams and Hancock, will you?") it wasn't a standing army that met them at the bridge and on the green. It was farmers and shopkeepers and laborers who showed up with their hunting rifles in an act of self defense of their land and their towns. Had the Regulars not come, these farmers would not have gone looking for a fight. They had way too much other shit to be looking after.

And indeed, when The Declaration of Independence was written. TJ and friends were not looking for a fight though they knew they would get one. If King George would simply have acquiesced the colonials would not have gone about plinking at anyone in a British uniform.

And that is important to remember, because as things get worse, there will be more "militias" like this showing their hand., stirring things up.

Remember, WE are THE Militia. And that does not mean we go looking for a fight but are ready willing armed and able IF one comes to us. Ready to defend hearth home kith kin and country but not just taking potshots at anyone in uniform.

FBI Arrests 7 Linked to "Christian Militia Group Hutaree"

The 7 people arrested during joint FBI/DHS raids have been linked to a "Christian militia group" known as Hutaree.


Mar 28, 2010 6:49 pm
US/Eastern FBI Arrests 7 With Ties To Christian Militia
WASHINGTON (CBS)

A joint-terrorism task force led by the FBI has arrested at least seven people with ties to the militia group Hutaree in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, the Detroit News reported Sunday.

The Hutaree describe themselves as Christian soldiers preparing for the arrival and battle with the anti-Christ.

The FBI is believed to have targeted the Hutaree after its members made threats of violence against Islamic organizations. A U.S. official says some of the people arrested in the raids will face gun charges.

The law enforcement official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation. Federal warrants are sealed.

Michael Lackomar, spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, an unrelated organization, says a member of his group was called by members the Hutaree Saturday who claimed their property was being raided. Lackomar says the Michigan militia member is cooperating with the FBI.

Michigan Militia members define themselves as survivalists who favor larger local government and smaller federal government. The group has been recognized recently for helping local officials in Bridgewater Township, Mich. locate missing persons.

The suspects in the Hutaree raid will make an appearance in a U.S. District Court on Monday.


Addendum from AOW: Creeping Sharia has some additional information, including CAIR's reaction.

Also, Hutaree's web site is HERE.