Don't Act Funny Or Else
Feds try to detect 'lone offenders'
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Federal authorities have launched an effort to detect lone attackers who may be contemplating politically charged assaults similar to the recent murders of a Kansas abortion doctor and a Holocaust museum security guard.
The effort, known as the "Lone Wolf Initiative," was started shortly after President Obama's inauguration, in part because of a rising level of hate speech and surging gun sales.
"Finding those who might plan and act alone, the so-called lone offenders ... will only be prevented by good intelligence, the seamless exchange of information among law enforcement at every level, and vigilant citizens reporting suspicious activity," said Michael Heimbach, the FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism.
Potok cites the attack by James von Brunn, an elderly white supremacist charged with fatally shooting black security guard Stephen Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June. That attack came 10 days after abortion provider George Tiller was shot to death at his church. "No one in the world would have expected an 88-year-old man would do that," Potok said of von Brunn.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-08-11-lone-offenders_N.htm
I can't imagine the level of scrutiny they will go to to be able to identify lone, 88 year old threats.
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Federal authorities have launched an effort to detect lone attackers who may be contemplating politically charged assaults similar to the recent murders of a Kansas abortion doctor and a Holocaust museum security guard.
The effort, known as the "Lone Wolf Initiative," was started shortly after President Obama's inauguration, in part because of a rising level of hate speech and surging gun sales.
"Finding those who might plan and act alone, the so-called lone offenders ... will only be prevented by good intelligence, the seamless exchange of information among law enforcement at every level, and vigilant citizens reporting suspicious activity," said Michael Heimbach, the FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism.
Potok cites the attack by James von Brunn, an elderly white supremacist charged with fatally shooting black security guard Stephen Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June. That attack came 10 days after abortion provider George Tiller was shot to death at his church. "No one in the world would have expected an 88-year-old man would do that," Potok said of von Brunn.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-08-11-lone-offenders_N.htm
I can't imagine the level of scrutiny they will go to to be able to identify lone, 88 year old threats.
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As a vigilant citizen I want to know how I report this guy:
Wyoming police use Taser on 76-year-old driving antique tractor in parade
GLENROCK, Wyo. - A 76-year-old Wyoming man shot with a Taser by police while driving an antique tractor in a small-town parade says it hurt but he's OK.
Retired truck driver Bud Grose of Glenrock told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Wednesday that he has a heart condition but didn't require any medical attention.
Investigators say police in Glenrock used a Taser on the man after he disobeyed orders. They say the tractor may have hit a car.
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I bet they use this as an excuse to stomp on our already well trodden civil liberties.
"Lone Wolf" - wasn't that what Lenny Kosnowski had printed on the back of his jacket in Lavern and Shirley? Better go after him first. Then the writers....... and all the people who watched it.
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Permalink Reply by GodHatesTrash on -
I suggest "Lone Loon", "Lone Moron" or "Lone Loser" as better titles for this program.
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Permalink Reply by JoeBob Scruggs on -
its "Lone Moran" MORANS!!!
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LOL
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Permalink Reply by Action Jeans on -
Yeah, if there was one thing Lenny was known for it was his ties to terrorist activity and white power extremism.
From the article:
Agents from all of the FBI's 56 field offices have been dispatched on a range of assignments, said two U.S. law enforcement officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about details of the program. Among the duties:
• Reviewing records in domestic terrorism investigations that may point to more suspects.
• Analyzing records for suspicious purchases at fertilizer or chemical suppliers whose materials could be used in bombmaking.
• Checking rolls of prisoners scheduled for release or who have been recently released for past links to extremist groups.
One of the goals, FBI officials said, is to develop more comprehensive information on possible lone attackers to disrupt plots before they are launched.
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Sounds like good police work to me. Pretty similar to what they were doing to combat Islamic terrorism under Bush. The only difference I see is that the primary suspects would be white fundamentalists with ties to terror groups and activities.
This is nothing compared to what Hoover was willing to do in the sixties to break up the Black Panthers and other leftist groups.
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"Sounds like good police work to me....... I see is that the primary suspects would be white....."
Ah, now I understand you.
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Permalink Reply by Action Jeans on
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You understand that I don't think terrorists should get let off the hook just because they are white neo-nazis? I don't see your point.
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Well, if they rounded up all the tea-baggers and associated morons, there would be whole states without a single white man, and the few white women that were left would be at the mercy of black men, not that they'd mind...
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This is bizarre:
The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet.
Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the White House signaled that it would insist on open dealings with Internet users and, in fact, should feel obliged to disclose that it is collecting such information.
"The White House has not been adequately transparent, particularly on how it makes use of new social media techniques, such as this example," he said.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-w...
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