re: #26 Charles

It was not intended to be a specific report on specific cases. It’s a study on the process of radicalization — what turns an ordinary citizen into an extremist.

No it wasn’t. If it were that, it would have broadly examined other forms of extremism, such as left-wing extremism. Such a subject would make for a good report, as there are no doubt similarities in what makes an extremist on both ends of the spectrum. Like I posted to another thread, the very definition of right-wing extremism used in the report was not a specifically right-wing definition, to the point that Napolitano herself said the definition should be changed.

This report looks more and more like it may be a sanitized version of a more specific classified report. It is a very odd report when compared to reports on left-wing groups and reports from other departments, which tend to specifically name groups (Aryan Nation, Earth Liberation Front, etc.). With the ongoing investigations, and the need to protect the investigations, the names of the actual groups was probably sanitized out of this report which was released to law enforcement.