Department of Homeland Security

DHS Report On Right-Wing Extremism Looking Better After Tiller Murder

Zachary Roth | June 1, 2009, 4:00PM

Remember that report by the Department of Homeland Security about the potential for a rise in right-wing extremism thanks to the election of President Obama and the economic crisis?

It triggered so much outrage on the right that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was forced to apologize. RNC chair Michael Steele said it accused peaceful conservative activists of being "terorrists." Michelle Malkin called it a "hit job" and a "piece of crap" that offered a "sweeping indictment of conservatives." And Andrew McCarthy of National Review called it "appalling" and "nakedly political."

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