Monday, April 20, 2009

Homeland Security Leaders Defend Vet Memo

Photo: Jane Lute, deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security, speaks at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum in Oklahoma City, Sunday. Sue Ogrocki / AP

From MSNBC:

Officials warn that right-wing extremists could lure veterans to join.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Top Department of Homeland Security officials on Sunday defended an agency intelligence assessment warning that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremists, though one said it should have been "more tightly written and presented."

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said on CNN's "State of the Union" that she regrets that some people took offense over the report, but added that "a number of groups far too numerous to mention" were targeting returning veterans to carry out domestic terrorism attacks.

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My Comment: I call this defending the indefensible. What was released last week was only a 9 page summary .... they are not releasing the full report. I would wager that the full report must carry some real doozers that they do not want us to know about.

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