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BOSTON GLOBE: Homeland Security Misfires: PARTISAN turmoil that lingered after this month?s tea p?

By Glenn Reynolds

BOSTON GLOBE: Homeland Security Misfires:

PARTISAN turmoil that lingered after this month’s tea party protests reignited recently, when the Department of Homeland Security issued a report to federal and local law enforcement officials on right-wing extremism. The report detailed current economic and political factors that could enhance recruitment for extremist groups. Yet the report defined extremism in a way that implicates a huge portion of the political spectrum. Conservatives are right to be angry. . . . Of course, Homeland Security has a responsibility to keep law enforcement officials aware of potential threats. But it must not tie their hands by making them look like the arm of a political machine.

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Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).