DHS secretary Janet Napolitano (US gov. photo].The “rightwing extremism” report issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security has sparked a lawsuit against secretary Janet Napolitano. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest firm based in Ann Arbor (Mich.) announced that on Thursday, April 16th, it filed a federal lawsuit against Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her Department’s “Rightwing Extremism Policy,” as reflected in the recently publicized Intelligence Assessment, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” violates the civil liberties of combat veterans as well as American citizens by targeting them for disfavored treatment on account of their political beliefs.
I expected this as soon as I read the report, a document that is a flagrant insult to the US Constitution. Shortly after the report was made public, I wrote, “If you read the whole report, there is implied hatred for anyone considered “rightwing.” And if you consider the phrasing in some passages, there is possible conflict with free assembly/expression rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center stated, “Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she says the Report is not based on ideology or political beliefs. In fact, her report would have the admiration of the Gestapo and any current or past dictator in the way it targets political opponents. This incompetently written intelligence assessment, which directs law enforcement officials across the country to target and report on American citizens who have the political beliefs mentioned in the report, will be used as a tool to stifle political opposition and opinions. It will give a pretext for opponents of those Americans to report them to police as rightwing extremists and terrorists. You can imagine what happens then.”
The report cited single issues such as opposition to abortion, to lax restrictions on immigration and to one world government among others as grounds for determining whether a person is a “rightwing extremist.” In essence, at least half of US voters would probably qualify as extremists under the conditions established by the report.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 4:21PM 
The video shows the care given to folding the flag according to procedure during a funeral for a veteran.On January 6, 2010, the love of my life passed away. It was a beautiful experience for many reasons. I could not have asked God for a more perfect scenario for the realization of the vows we took over 21 years earlier, “Until death do we part.”
